A porron is a sort of glass bottle with a pointed spout from which a thin jet of wine spurts out whenever you tip it up; you can thus drink from a distance, without touching it with your lips, and it can be passed from hand to hand. I went on strike and demanded a drinking-cup as soon as I saw a porron in use.

And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

The letter warned of an impending shutoff if payment was not made promptly.

Yet am I very fair, Kallikrates!'I hate thee, murderess, and I have no wish to see thee.'