| In the Sixth City appear forms more nearly approaching those of later times, particularly prototypes of the cantharus and scyphus. |
| The most ordinary, perhaps, is the cantharus, or two-handled cup, which was particularly sacred to Bacchus. |
| The generic name for a cup was poculum, but the Romans borrowed many of the Greek names, such as cantharus and scyphus. |
| The cantharus, which is bred in the surrounding country, dies as soon as it touches this tract. |
| One of the most precious of the treasures was the Bacchic cantharus, called the Cup of the Ptolomies. |
