_A._ Come, tell me now, Why are so few of the ἐπιτραπεζώματα Remaining? _B._ That man hated by the gods Ate them all up. And Aristotle, in his treatise on Drunkenness, says that sweetmeats (τραγήματα) used to be called by the ancients τρωγάλια; for that they come in as a sort of second course. But it is Pindar who said— And τρώγαλον is nice when supper's over, And when the guests have eaten plentifully. [Sidenote: THE DIFFERENT COURSES AT DINNER.] And he was quite right. For Euripides says, when one looks on what is served up before one, one may really say— You see how happily life passes when A man has always a well-appointed table. 48. And that among the ancients the second course used to have a great deal of expense and pains bestowed on it, we may learn from what Pindar says in his Olympic Odes, where he speaks of the flesh of Pelops being served up for food:— And in the second course they carved Your miserable limbs, and feasted on them; But far from me shall be the thought profane, That in foul feast celestials could delight.[91] And the ancients often called this second course simply τράπεζαι, as, for instance, Achæus in his Vulcan, which is a satyric drama, who says,— _A._ First we will gratify you with a feast; Lo! here it is. _B._ But after that what means Of pleasure will you offer me? _A._ We'll anoint you All over with a richly-smelling perfume. _B._ Will you not give me first a jug of water To wash my hands with? _A._ Surely; the dessert (τράπεζα) Is now being clear'd away. And Aristophanes, in his Wasps, says— Bring water for the hands; clear the dessert.[92] And Aristotle, in his treatise on Drunkenness, uses the term δεύτεραι τράπεζαι, much as we do now; saying,—"We must therefore bear in mind that there is a difference between τράγημα and βρῶμα, as there is also between ἒδεσμα and τρωγάλιον. For this is a national name in use in every part of Greece, since there is food (βρῶμα) in sweetmeats (ἐν τραγήμασι), from which consideration the man who first used the expression δευτέρα τράπεζα, appears to have spoken with sufficient correctness. For the eating of sweetmeats (τραγηματισμὸς) is really an eating after supper (ἐπιδορπισμὸς); and the sweetmeats are served up as a second supper." But Dicæarchus, in the first book of his Descent to the Cave of Trophonius, speaks thus: "There was also the δευτέρα τράπεζα, which was a very expensive part of a banquet, and there were also garlands, and perfumes, and burnt frankincense, and all the other necessary accompaniments of these things." 49. Eggs too often formed a part of the second course, as did hares and thrushes, which were served up with the honey-cakes; as we find mentioned by Antiphanes in the Leptiniscus, where he says,—