ε2619Ἐπιστεφέας κρατῆρας
crowned craters, crowned mixing-vessels
[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…
Ἐπιστεφέας κρατῆρας· ὑπερχειλεῖς. οὕτω γὰρ ἐποίουν τοὺς κρατῆρας οἱ παλαιοί, πρὸς οἰωνοῦ τιθέμενοι. ἑκάστῳ δὲ ποτήριον παρέκειτο, καὶ μετὰ τὸ διανεῖμαι ἐπαρξάμενοι ἐκίρνων. πᾶσι…