Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), L, Ladon, Lagōna, Lagūna, Lagoena

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Lagōna, Lagūna, Lagoena

or Lagēna (λάγυνος). An earthenware jar having a long, narrow neck, a rather wide mouth and a swelling body, with one handle. It was used for wine and was set on the table like a modern decanter (Juv.v. 29), and in Gaul for beer.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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