and by μεσόμφαλοι here, he means the same things as those which Cratinus calls βαλανειόμφαλοι, where he says—
Receive from me these round-bottom'd phialæ.
And Theopompus, in his Althæa, said—
She took a golden round-bottom'd (μεσόμφαλον) phiale,
Brimful of wine; to which Telestes gave
The name of acatos;
as Telestes had called the phiale an acatos, or boat. But Pherecrates, or whoever the poet was who composed the Persæ, which are attributed to him, says, in that play—
Garlands to all, and well-boss'd chrysides (ὀμφαλωταὶ χρυσίδες).
105. But the Athenians call silver phialæ ἀργυρίδες, and golden ones they call χρυσίδες. And Pherecrates mentions the silver phiale in the following words in his Persæ—
DRINKING-CUPS.
Here, you sir; where are you now carrying
That silver phiale (τὴν ἀργυρίδα τηνδί)?
And Cratinus mentions the golden one in his Laws—