• The Lycurgus Cup is a Roman glass 4th-century cage cup made of a dichroic glass, which shows a different colour depending on whether or not light is...
  • However, according to the researchers of “The Cup of Lycurgus — Roman Nanotechnology”, this technique was too complex to be sustained.
  • An early example of plasmons is the Lycurgus Cup at British Museum, London.
  • The Story Behind the Cup. Lycurgus Cup is a mysterious antique from the end of the Roman period (4th Century AD).
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  • A Dazzling Display of Color. The Lycurgus Cup stands out not just for its beauty but for its baffling ability to change color.
  • The Lycurgus Cup is the only intact example we have of what is now called “dichroic glass.” ... Video of Lycurgus Cup changing colors in the British Museum.
  • The Lycurgus Cup, an ancient Roman feat of pioneering nanotechnology in the fourth century exhibited at the British Museum.
  • (…) The openwork decoration of the Lycurgus Cup comprises a mythological frieze depicting the legend of King Lycurgus from the sixth book of Homer’s Iliad.
  • The Lycurgus Cup is an outstanding representation of ancient technology. Roman Lycurgus Cup is a 1,600-year-old jade green Roman chalice.