The cottabus of th' ancyla (ἀγκυλήτους κοττάβους). Spears are also called ἀγκύλητα, or curved; and also μεσάγκυλα, held by a string in the middle. There is also the expression ἀπ᾽ ἀγκύλης, which means, from the right hand. And the cup is called ἀγκύλη, from the fact that the right hand is curved, in throwing the cottabus from it. For it was a matter to which great attention was paid by the ancients—namely, that of throwing the cottabus dexterously and gracefully. And men in general prided themselves more on their dexterity in this than in throwing the javelin skilfully. And this got its name from the manner in which the hand was brandished in throwing the cottabus, when they threw it elegantly and dexterously into the cottabium. And they also built rooms especially designed for this sport. 23. In Timachides there is also a kind of drinking-cup mentioned, called the æacis. There is another kind also, called the ἄκατος,or boat, being shaped like a boat. Epicrates sayss— Throw down th' acatia, (using here the diminutive form,) and take instead The larger goblets; and the old woman lead Straight to the cup; . . . the younger maiden . . . . . . . . . . . fill it; have your oar All ready, loose the cables, bend the sails. Among the Cyprians there is also a kind of cup called the aotus, as Pamphilus tells us: and Philetas says, this is a cup which has no ears (ὤτους). There is also a kind of cup called aroclum, which is mentioned by Nicander the Colophonian. 24. The cup called ἄλεισον, is the same as that called δέπας. Homer, in his Odyssey, speaking of Pisistratus, says— In a rich golden cup he pour'd the wine;[59] and proceeding, he says, in the same manner— To each a portion of the feast he bore, And held the golden goblet (ἄλεισον) foaming o'er; and presently afterwards he says— And gave the goblet (δέπας) to Ulysses' son. And, accordingly, Asclepiades the Myrlean says—"The δέπας appears to me to have been much of the same shape as the φιάλη. For men make libations with it. Accordingly, Homer says, δέπαϛ— The cup which Peleus' son Had raised in offerings to Jove alone. And it is called δέπας, either because it is given to all (δίδοται πᾶσι) who wish to make libations, or who wish to drink; or because it has two ears (δύο ὦπας), for ὦπες must be the same as ὦτα. And it has the name of ἄλεισον, either from being very smooth (ἄγαν λεῖον), or because the liquor is collected (ἁλίζεται) in it. And that it had two ears is plain— High in his hands he rear'd the golden bowl By both its ears. [Sidenote: DRINKING-CUPS.]