ACRATOPH´ORUM
ACRATOPH´ORUM (
ἀκρατοφόρον), a vessel for containing pure and unmixed wine
(
᾿ἄκρατος), thus distinct from the
crater, in which the wine was mixed with water. It
differed also from the
oenophorum in being
placed upon the table [CRATER; OENOPHORUM], while
Julius Pollux compares it to the
ψυκτήρ
[
PSYCTER]. The Greek word
was early naturalised in Latin (Varro,
R. R. 1.8, 5; Cic.
de Fin. 3.4.15). The shape, as might be
expected, varied considerably; but the cut in the next column from
Buonarotti
[p. 1.11](
Vasi di Vetro, p. 31, ap.
Rich) is probably a common type. It is fiom a marble vase bearing an
inscription to Silvanus (Silenus), and ornamented
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Acratophorum or Bowl.
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with a wreath of vine-leaves; and it is identical in shape with
two others delineated by the Pompeian artists (
Mus. Borbon.
7.56, 62), one of which is placed in the hands of the god Acratus. (Cf.
Marquardt, vii. p. 630.)
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