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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Fixed? You literally made it worse!

Proper fix:

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Amphora is a vase shape but also a measurement (48 sextarii / 27.8ish litres).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

You drink from kylix not amphorae. You ferment in amphorae not kylix

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

All I know is:

The handles allowed the guests to play kottabos,[3] where a guest would put their right index finger into one of the handles and attempt to fling the last of their wine into a target, often a container on a pedestal or floating in a pool, in order to win a prize.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylix

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago