And these œnoptæ superintended the arrangement of banquets, taking care that the guests should drink on equal terms. But it was an office of no great dignity, as Philinus the orator tells us, in his debate on the Croconidæ. And he tells us, too, that the œnoptæ were three in number, and that they also provided the guests with lamps and wicks. And some people called them "eyes;" but among the Ephesians, the youths who acted as cupbearers at the festival of Neptune were called "bulls," as Amerias tells us. And the people of the Hellespont call the cupbearer ἐπεγχύτης, or the pourer out; and they call carving, which we call κρεωνομία, κρεωδαισία, as Demetrius of Scepsis tells us, in the twenty-sixth book of his Arrangement of the Trojan Forces. And some say that the nymph Harmonia acted as cupbearer to the gods; as Capito the epic poet relates (and he was a native of Alexandria by birth), in the second book of his Love Poems. But Alcæus also represents Mercury as their cupbearer; as also does Sappho, who says— And with ambrosia was a goblet mix'd, And Mercury pour'd it out to all the gods. [Sidenote: DRINKING.] 26. But the ancients used to call the men who discharged this office, heralds (κήρυκες). Homer says— Meanwhile the heralds through the crowded town Bring the rich wine and destined victims down. Idæus's arms the golden goblets prest, Who thus the venerable king addrest. And a few lines further on he says— On either side a sacred herald stands; The wine they mix, and on each monarch's hands Pour the full urn. But Clidemus says that the cooks used to be called heralds. And some people have represented Hebe as acting as cupbearer to the gods, perhaps because their banquets were called Hebeteria. And Ptolemy, the son of Agesarchus, speaks of a damsel named Cleino as the cupbearer of Ptolemy the king, who was surnamed Philadelphus, mentioning her in the third book of his History of Philopator. But Polybius, in the fourteenth book of his History, adds that there are statues of her in Alexandria, in many parts of the city, clad in a tunic alone, holding a cup in her hand. 27. And so, after this conversation, Ulpian drinking a goblet of wine, said— I drink this cup, a pledge of friendship dear, To all my kinsmen, naming them. And while he was still drinking, one of those who were present quoted the rest of the passage— When I have drunk, I'll say The rest; for I am choked: but now drink this. And Ulpian, when he had drunk it up, said,—Clearchus has these lines in his Harp-Player; but I, as is said in the Wool-spinners of Amphis, recommend— Let the boy wait on all with frequent goblets. And again— You fill for me, and I will give you drink; So shall the almond with the almond play: