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The Battle of Oenophyta took place between Athens and the Boeotian city-states in 457 BC during the First Peloponnesian War. [ 1 ] In this period between the Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War , alliances and leagues sprang up and collapsed, although there was very little prolonged warfare.
Most waterskins could hold between 18 and 27.5 L (5 and 7 US gallons; 4 and 6 imperial gallons) of water. [1] The disadvantage of waterskins is that people who have fetched water in the skin bottle and who have drunk water from the same have complained of the water taking on the bad taste of the goatskin. [4]
We’re all guilty of refilling our plastic water bottles—but the consequences can be seriously harmful to your health.
The "type 8 oenochoe" is what one would call a mug, with no single pouring point and a slightly curved profile. The chous (χοῦς; pl.: χόες, choes) was a squat rounded form, with trefoil mouth. Small examples with scenes of children, as in the example illustrated, were placed in the graves of children. [1]
Map showing the locations of battles fought by the Delian League, 477–450 BC. According to Thucydides, the League's opening campaign was against the city of Eion, at the mouth of the Strymon river. [50] Since Thucydides does not provide a detailed chronology for his history of the league, the year in which this campaign took place is uncertain.
The wide-mouth bottle is more widely used and sold over the narrow-mouth bottles in sub-freezing conditions, since it is easier to break through ice with the wider mouth. [citation needed] Currently, Nalgene markets over twelve different sizes of bottles in many colours, including the classic Wide Mouth and Narrow Mouth. [4] Wide-mouth 1-litre ...
The oldest message in a bottle ever found was 131 years and 223 days old when it was discovered, Guinness World Records said in a statement. Australians Tonya and Kym Illman found the message on ...
Many vessels considered rhytons featured a wide mouth at the top and a hole through a conical constriction at the bottom from which the fluid ran. The idea is that one scooped wine or water from a storage vessel or similar source, held it up, unstoppered the hole with one's thumb, and let the fluid run into the mouth (or onto the ground in ...