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title: Lycurgus Cup
author: Johnbod
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Lycurgus Cup
_Authored by Johnbod_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1362.jpg)
## Image Caption
The celebrated [Lycurgus](https://www.worldhistory.org/Lycurgus/) cup, one of the finest examples of [Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) glassware made in the 4th century CE. The cup is an example of the diatreta or cage-cup type where the glass was cut away to create figures in high relief attached to the inner surface with small hidden bridges behind the figures. The cup is so named as it depicts the myth of Lycurgus entwined in a vine. (British Museum, London).
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brit_Mus_13sept10_brooches_etc_046.jpg) by [**Johnbod**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brit_Mus_13sept10_brooches_etc_046.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 30 July 2013. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.