Ἐπιστεφέας κρατῆρας
crowned craters, crowned mixing-vessels
Translated by William Hutton6 Dec 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning ones that are] brimming-over. For that is what the ancients used to do with their craters, considering it a good omen. A drinking-vessel was set beside each [man], and after the distribution they used to make an initial offering and start mixing. "[They] making an initial offering for all [...]",1 not in reference to the drinking-vessels but to the men.