Aristophanes <i>Knights</i> 600: Spartan or Athenian Drinking Cup?

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  • Marcel Lysgaard Lech

Abstract

The κώθων here connotes not a soldier’s canteen but a vessel for festive heavy drinking, and this serves to makes the chorus of cavalrymen look silly, undermining their self-praise.

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2017-08-21

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