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[341] κρητῆρος. The mixing bowl was in the “μυχός” or innermost part of the “μέγαρον”, cp. 21. 145 “παρὰ κρητῆρα δὲ καλὸν ἷζε μυχοίτατος αἰέν”. Further, it was within reach of the “ὀρσοθύρη”, near which Phemius was (l. 333). Hence we must place the “ὀρσοθύρη” as near as possible to the upper end of the “μέγαρον”,—either in the end wall or (more probably) in the side wall.

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