Ship or Drinking-Cup? The Meaning of Kantharos in Phrynichus, 15 Kassel– Austin (= Athen. XI 474b)

Abstract

It has been argued – against other scholars’ opinion – that the noun kantharos in Phrynichus’ fr. 15 K.–A. could simply mean ‘ship’, as Athenaeus assumes while providing (Deip. XI 474b) a list of four quotations from comedy where this word is used, as he says, epi ploiou. Within the article the textual problem concerning the verb used in v. 2 has also been discussed, and the reading œplhsen has been tentatively proposed.