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DRINKS.
at
Herculaneum
{Mtis.
Borbon,
iii...
28).
exhibits
a
Silenus
astride
one
of
them.
The
mode
of
drinking
from
the
ajmcpopev^,
bottle
or
amphora,
and
from
a
wine
skin,
is
taken
from
a
paint-
ing
on
an
Etruscan
vase.
:
A
spiced
wine
is
noticed
by
Athenaeus
under
the
name
of
Tpl/uLima.
Into
the
pIpoi
vyieivol,
or
medical
wines,
drugs,
such
as
horehound,
squills,
wormwood,
and
myrtle-berries,
were
introduced
to
produce
hy-
gienic
effects.
Essential
oils
were
also
mixed
with
wines.
Of
these
the
/uLVppivlrrjg^
is
mentioned
by
^lian
{V.
I/.
xVi.
^i).
So
in
the
early
ages
when
Hecamede
prepares
a
drink
for
Nestor,
she
sprinkles
her
cup
of