But the substantive πυάνιον, as Sosibius tells us, means a collection of all kinds of seeds boiled up in sweet wine. And χῖδρος means boiled grains of wheat. And when he speaks here of waxy fruit, he means honey. And Epicharmus, in his Earth and Sea, speaks thus— To boil some morning πόλτος. And Pherecrates mentions the cakes called μελικηρίδων in his Deserters, speaking as follows— As one man smells like goats, but others Breathe from their mouths unalloy'd μελικήρας. 59. And when all this had been said, the wise Ulpian said,—Whence, my most learned grammarians, and out of what library, have these respectable writers, Chrysippus and Harpocration, been extracted, men who bring the names of illustrious philosophers into disrepute by being their namesakes? And what Greek has ever used the word ἡμίνα; or who has ever mentioned the ἄμυλος?" And when Laurentius answered him, and said,—Whoever the authors of the poems attributed to Epicharmus were, they were acquainted with the ἡπίνα. And we find the following expressions in the play entitled Chiron— And to drink twice the quantity of cool water,— Two full heminas. [Sidenote: CAKES.] And these spurious poems, attributed to Epicharmus, were, at all events, written by eminent men. For it was Chrysogonus the flute-player, as Aristoxenus tells us in the eighth book of his Political Laws, who wrote the poem entitled Polity. And Philochorus, in his treatise on Divination, says that it was a man of the name of Axiopistos, (whether he was a Locrian or a Sicyonian is uncertain,) who was the author of the Canon and the Sentences. And Apollodorus tells us the same thing. And Teleclides mentions the ἄμυλος in his Rigid Men, speaking thus— Hot cheesecakes now are things I'm fond of, Wild pears I do not care about; I also like rich bits of hare Placed on an ἄμυλος. 60. When Ulpian had heard this, he said—But, since you have also a cake which you call κοπτὴ, and I see that there is one served up for each of you on the table, tell us now, you epicures, what writer of authority ever mentions this word κοπτὴ? And Democritus replied—Dionysius of Utica, in the seventh book of his Georgics, says that the sea leek is called κοπτὴ. And as for the honey-cake which is now served up before each of us, Clearchus the Solensian, in his treatise on Riddles, mentions that, saying—"If any one were to order a number of vessels to be mentioned which resemble one another, he might say, A tripod, a bowl, a candlestick, a marble mortar, A bench, a sponge, a caldron, a boat, a metal mortar, An oil-cruse, a basket, a knife, a ladle, A goblet, and a needle. And after that he gives a list of the names of different dishes, thus— Soup, lentils, salted meat, and fish, and turnips, Garlic, fresh meat, and tunny-roe, pickles, onions, Olives, and artichokes, capers, truffles, mushrooms.