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learned
from
the
Scythians.
The
proportions
of
the
mixture
varied,
but
there
was
always
more
water,
and
half
and
half
"lo-ov
'Io-m
was
repudiated
as
disgraceful.
The
process
of
wine-making
was
essentially
the
same
among
the
Greeks
and
the
Romans.
The
grapes
were
gathered,
trodden,
and
submitted
to
the
press.
The
juice
which
flowed
from
the
grapes
before
any
force
was
applied
was
known
as
-rrpoxvima,
ai^d
was
reserved
for
the
manufacture
of
a
particular
species
of
rich
wine
described
by
Pliny
{H.
iV.
xiv.
11),
to
which
the
inhabitants of
Mitylene
gave
the
name
of
TrpoSpoimog.
The
Greeks
recognised
three
colours
in
wines
—
black
or
red,
white
or
straw-colour,
and
tawny
brown
(Kippo?^
fulvus).
When
wine
was
carried,
aaKol^
or
bags
of
goat-skin,
were
used,
pitched
over
to
make
them
seam-tight.
The
cut
below,
from
a
bronze
found