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the
expression
of
Propertius,
''
coda
focisy'
proves
that
they
were
manufactured
In
the
time
of
Belon
(1555)
AMPHORA,
RHYTONS,
ETC.
{Brit.
Mus.).
the
Greeks
called
them
the
myrrh
of
Smyrna,
from
murex,
a
shell.
From
this
it
seems
that
their
name
was
given
to
the
vases
from
a
resemblance
of
colours