α3870Ἀρύβαλλος
aryballos, globular oil-flask, bag, purse
[Attested] not only in Stesichorus and other Dorian [writers], but also [used by] Aristophanes in Knights: "then [the goddess seemed] to pour a libation on your head with an aryballos."
Ἀρύβαλλος· οὐ μόνον παρὰ Στησιχόρῳ καὶ ἄλλοις Δωριεῦσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν Ἱππεῦσιν Ἀριστοφάνης· εἶτα κατασπένδειν κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἀρυβάλλῳ.
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