The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus, Vol. 1 (of 3)Athenaeus, of Naucratis
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The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus, Vol. 1 (of 3)
Athenaeus, of Naucratis
Civilization, Greco-Roman; Dinners and dining -- Greece; Greece -- Social life and customs; Homosexuality -- Greece
And Menander, in his Trophonius, uses the word χορτασθεὶς in the same
sense. And Aristophanes says in his Gerytades--
Obey us now, and glut us with your melodies.
And Sophocles in his Tyro has--
And we received him with all things which satisfy (πάγχορτα).
And Eubulus in his Dolon--
I, O men, have now been well satisfied (κεχόρτασμαι),
And I am quite well filled; so that I could
With all my energy but just contrive
To fasten on my sandals.
And Sophilus says in his Phylarchus--
There will be an abundant deal of eating.
I see the prelude to it;--I shall surely be
Most fully satisfied; indeed, my men,
I swear by Bacchus I feel proud already.
And Amphis says in his Uranus--
Sating herself till eve with every dainty.
Now these statements, O Cynulcus, I am able to produce without any
preparation; but to-morrow, or the day after, for that (ἔνη) is the
name which Hesiod gave to the third day, I will satiate you with
blows, if you do not tell me in whose works the word κοιλιοδαίμων,
_Belly-god_, is to be found. And as he made no answer,--But, indeed, I
myself will tell you this, O Cynic, that Eupolis called flatterers this,
in his play of the same name. But I will postpone any proof of this
statement until I have paid you the blows I owe you.
57. And so when every one had been well amused by these jokes,--But,
said Ulpian, I will also give you now the statement about paunches which
I promised you. For Alexis, in his play which is entitled Ponticus,
jesting in a comic manner, says that Callimedon the orator, who was
surnamed the Crab (and he was one of those who took part in the affairs
of the state in the time of Demosthenes the orator)--
Every one is willing to die for his country (πάτρας):
And for a boiled paunch (μήτρας) Callimedon,
The dauntless crab, would very probably
Dare to encounter death.
And Callimedon was a man very notorious for his fondness for dainties.
And Antiphanes also speaks of paunches in his Philometor, using these
words--
While the wood has pith in it (ἔμμητρον) it puts forth shoots.
There is a _metro_polis but no _patro_polis.
Some men sell paunches (μῆτραι), a delicious food.
Metras, the Chian, is dear to the people.
And Euphron says in his Paradidomena--
But my master having prepared a paunch
Set it before Callimedon; and when he ate it
It made him leap with joy; from which he earn'd
The name of crab.
And Dioxippus in his Antipornoboscus--
What food doth he delight in! Dainty is he!
Most dainty in his eating, paunches, sausages!
And in his Historiographer, he says--
Amphides burst in the porch and made himself a way in;
Holding up two paunches fine, See for what I'm paying,
Said he, and send me all you have, or all that you can find me.
And Eubulus says in his Deucalion--
Liver, and tripe, and entrails, aye, and paunches.
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