The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus, Vol. 3 (of 3)Athenaeus, of Naucratis
Philosophy
The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Athenaeus, of Naucratis
Civilization, Greco-Roman; Dinners and dining -- Greece; Greece -- Social life and customs; Homosexuality -- Greece
There is also the charisius. This is mentioned by Aristophanes in his
Daitaleis, where he says—
But I will send them in the evening
A charisian cheesecake.
And Eubulus, in his Ancylion, speaks of it as if it were plain bread:—
I only just leapt out,
While baking the charisius.
Then there is the ἐπίδαιτρον, which is a barley-cake, made
like a cheesecake, to be eaten after supper; as Philemon tells us in
his treatise on Attic Names.
There is also the nanus, which is a loaf made like a cheesecake,
prepared with cheese and oil.
There are also ψώθια, which are likewise called ψαθύρια. Pherecrates,
in the Crapatalli, says—
And in the shades below you'll get for threepence
A crapatallus, and some ψώθια.
[Sidenote: CHEESECAKES.]
But Apollodorus the Athenian, and Theodorus, in his treatise
on the Attic Dialect, say that the crumbs which are knocked off from a
loaf are called ψώθια, which some people also call ἀττάραγοι.
Then there is the ἴτριον. This is a thin cake, made of sesame
and honey; and it is mentioned by Anacreon thus:—
I broke my fast, taking a little slice
Of an ἴτριον; but I drank a cask of wine.
And Aristophanes, in his Acharnians, says—
Cheesecakes, and cakes of sesame, and ἴτρια.
And Sophocles, in his Contention, says—
But I, being hungry, look back at the ἴτρια.
There is mention made also of ἄμοραι. Philetas, in his
Miscellanies, says that cakes of honey are called ἄμοραι; and
they are made by a regular baker.
There is the ταγηνίτης, too; which is a cheesecake fried
in oil. Magnes, or whoever it was that wrote the comedies which are
attributed to him, says in the second edition of his Bacchus—
Have you ne'er seen the fresh ταγήνιαι hissing,
When you pour honey over them?
And Cratinus, in his Laws, says—
The fresh ταγηνίας, dropping morning dew.
Then there is the ἔλαφος. This is a cheesecake made on the
festival of Elaphebolia, of wheat-flour, and honey, and sesame.
The ναστὸς is a kind of cheesecake, having stuffing inside it.
56. Χόρια are cakes made up with honey and milk.
The ἀμορβίτης is a species of cheesecake in fashion among the
Sicilians. But some people call it παισά. And among the Coans
it is called πλακούντιον, as we are informed by Iatrocles.
Then there are the σησαμίδες, which are cakes made of honey,
and roasted sesame, and oil, of a round shape. Eupolis, in his
Flatterers, says—
He is all grace, he steps like a callabis-dancer,
And breathes sesamides, and smells of apples.
And Antiphanes, in his Deucalion, says—
Sesamides, or honey-cheesecakes,
Or any other dainty of the kind.
And Ephippus, in his Cydon, also mentions them in a passage which has
been already quoted.
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