The foot-pan, too, but first pour in some water.
And Cratinus, in his Nemesis, says—
Now in the cottabus I challenge you,
(As is my country's mode,) to aim your blows
At the empty cruets; and he who sinks the most
Shall, in my judgment, bear the palm of victory.
And Aristophanes, in his Feasters, says—
I mean to erect a brazen figure,
That is, a cottabeum, and myrtle-berries.
And Hermippus, in his Fates, says—