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
But Eupolis, in his Goats, uses the word with the penultima short,
(καρῐ́ δες), thus--
Once in Phæacia I ate carides (καρίδες).
And again in his People he says--
Having the face of a tough thick-skinn'd carid (καρίδος).
67. Now the carides were so called from the word κάρα, _head_. For the
head takes up the greater part of them. But the Attic writers also use
the word short in the same manner, in analogy with the quantity of
κάρα, it being, as I said, called caris because of the size of its head;
and so, as γραφὶς is derived from γραφὴ, and βολὶς from βολὴ, in like manner
is καρὶς from κάρα. But when the penultima is made long the last syllable
also is made long, and then the word is like ψηφὶς, and κρηπὶς, and τευθίς.
But concerning these shell-fish, Diphilus the Siphnian writes, "Of all
shell-fish the caris, and astacus, and carabus, and carcinus, and lion,
being all of the same genus, are distinguished by some differences. And
the lion is larger than the astacus; and the carabi are called also
grapsæi; but they are more fleshy than the carcini; but the carcinus is
heavy and indigestible." But Mnesitheus the Athenian, in his treatise on
Comestibles, says, "Carabi and carcini and carides, and such like; these
are all indigestible, but still not nearly so much so as other fish: and
they are better and more wholesome roast than boiled." But Sophron in
his Gynæcea calls carides _courides_, saying--
Behold the dainty courides, my friend.
And see these lobsters; see how red they are,
How smooth and glossy is their hair and coats.
And Epicharmus in his Land and Sea says--
And red-skinned courides.
And in his Logos and Logina he spells the word κωρίδες with an ω--
Oily anchovies, crooked corides.
And Simonides says--
Beet-root with thunnies, and with gudgeons corides.
68. After this conversation there were brought in some dishes of fried
liver; wrapped up in what is called the caul, or ἐπίπλοον, which
Philetærus in his Tereus calls ἐπιπλοῖον. And Cynulcus looking on
said,--Tell us, O wise Ulpian, whether there is such an expression
anywhere as "liver rolled up." And he replied,--I will tell you if you
will first show me in whose works the word ἐπίπλους is used for the
fat and the membrane which covers it. So as they were thus prepared for
the discussion, Myrtilus said, The word ἐπίπλους is used by Epicharmus
in the Bacchæ--
And wrapping up the bread in the ἐπίπλοος.
And again, in his Theari, he says--
Around the loins and ἐπίπλους.
And Ion of Chios, in his Epidemiæ, says--
Having wrapp'd it up in the ἐπίπλους.
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