Arsinoe II 280-268 BCE
"And, speaking of the rhytum, he says-
(A) Bellerophon, on Pegasus's back,
Fought and subdued the fire-breathing Chimaera.
(B) Well, take this cup.
But formerly a drinking-horn was also called a rhytum; and it appears that this kind of vessel was first made by Ptolemy Philadelphus the king, to be carried by the statues of Arsinoe: for in her left hand she bears a vessel of this kind, full of all the fruits of the season; by which the makers of it designed to show that this horn is richer than the horn of Amaltheia. And it is mentioned by Theocles, in his Ithyphallics, thus-
For all we artists have to-day
Made sacrifice for the Soteria;
And in their company I've drunk (?) the double horn,
And now I go to my dear king."
-Athenaeus: The Deipnosophists, Book 11.97
(A) Bellerophon, on Pegasus's back,
Fought and subdued the fire-breathing Chimaera.
(B) Well, take this cup.
But formerly a drinking-horn was also called a rhytum; and it appears that this kind of vessel was first made by Ptolemy Philadelphus the king, to be carried by the statues of Arsinoe: for in her left hand she bears a vessel of this kind, full of all the fruits of the season; by which the makers of it designed to show that this horn is richer than the horn of Amaltheia. And it is mentioned by Theocles, in his Ithyphallics, thus-
For all we artists have to-day
Made sacrifice for the Soteria;
And in their company I've drunk (?) the double horn,
And now I go to my dear king."
-Athenaeus: The Deipnosophists, Book 11.97
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| Arsinoe II 280-268 BCE. Morlanwelz, Musée de Mariemont. |
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https://www.livius.org/pictures/a/greek-portraits/arsinoe-ii-2/
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