And Epicharmus, in his Marriage of Hebe, says— Mussels, alphestæ, and the girl-like fish, The dainty coracinus. Mithæcus also mentions it in his Culinary Art. 16. There is another fish called Anthias, or Callicthys; and this also is mentioned by Epicharmus, in his Marriage of Hebe:— [Sidenote: FISH.] The sword-fish and the chromius too, Who, as Ananius tells us, Is far the best of all in spring; But th' anthias in the winter. And Ananius speaks as follows:— For spring the chromius is best; The anthias in winter: But of all fish the daintiest Is a young shrimp in fig-leaves. In autumn there's a dainty dish, The meat of the she-goat; And when they pick and press the grapes, Young pigs are dainty eating. Then, too, young puppies you may eat, And hares, and also foxes. But when the grasshopper does sing, Just at the height of summer, Is the best time for mutton fat; Then, too, the sea-born tunny Will many a savoury dish afford, And beats his compeers all With garlic seasoning richly drest; Then, too, the fatted ox Is sweet to eat both late at night, And at a noon-day feast. And I have quoted this piece of Ananius at length, thinking that it might give some suggestions to the present race of Epicures. 17. But Aristotle, in his treatise on the Habits of Animals, says—"They say that wherever the anthias is found, there is no beast or fish of prey ever seen; and accordingly the collectors of sponge use him as a guide, and dive boldly wherever he is found, and call him the sacred fish." And Dorion also mentions him in his book on Fishes, saying, "Some call the anthias by the name of callicthys, and also by that of callionymus and ellops." And Icesius, in his treatise on Materials, says that he is called wolf by some authors, and by others callionymus: and that he is a fish of very solid meat, and full of delicious juice, and easy of digestion; but not very good for the stomach. But Aristotle says that the callicthys is a fish with serrated teeth, carnivorous and gregarious. And Epicharmus, in his Muses, enumerates the ellops among the fishes, but passes over the callicthys or callionymus in silence as being identical with it; and of the ellops he speaks thus,— And then the high-priced ellops. And the same poet says, subsequently— He was the fish of which great Jupiter Once bought a pair for money, and enjoin'd His slaves to give him one, and Juno t'other. But Dorion, in his treatise on Fish, says that the anthias and the callicthys are different fish; and also that the callionymus is not the same as the ellops.