Etruscan satyr drinking cup 6th-4th C. BCE
"Diluting wine with water [was invented] by Staphylus son of Silenus."
-Pliny the Elder, Natural History 7. 199 (trans. Rackham) (Roman encyclopedia C 1st A.D.)
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| Etruscan satyr drinking cup 6th-4th C. BCE. Current location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
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