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‖ rhyton Gr. Antiq.|ˈraɪtɒn, ˈrɪtɒn|
[a. Gr. ῥυτόν, neut. of ῥυτός flowing, related to ῥεῖν to flow.]
A form of drinking-cup often in the form of an animal's head and having a hole at the bottom through which the wine ran.
1850J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art §245* A rhyton having a lion's head. 1854Badham Halieut. 523 The other prizes were not awarded, as thirty of the contenders died rhyton in hand. 1887Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. VIII. 1 A Rhyton in Form of a Sphinx. |