Book 11
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And I think it right that you should inquire, before we begin to make a catalogue of the cups of which this sideboard (κυλικεῖον) is full,—(for that name is given to the cupboard where the cups are kept, by Aristophanes, in his Farmers— As a cloth is placed in front of a sideboard (κυλικεῖον); and the same word occurs also in Anaxandrides in his Melilotus; and Eubulus in his Leda says— As if he had been offering a libation, He's broken all the goblets in the sideboard (κυλικεῖον). And in his Female Singer he says— And he found out the use of sideboards (κυλικεῖα) for us. And in his Semele or Bacchus he says— Hermes the son of Maia, polish'd well Upon the sideboard. . . . . And the younger Cratinus, in his Chiron, says— But, after many years, I now have come Home from my enemies; and scarce have found Relations who would own me, or companions Of the same tribe or borough. I enroll'd My name among a club of cup-collectors (κυλικεῖον): Jupiter is the guardian of my doors— Protector of my tribe. I pay my taxes.)
