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Πρωτεσίλαος (fr. 42)

catalogues of food, particularly together with other types of sausages (e. g.
Pherecr. fr. 113.8; Ar. fr. 702; Mnesim. fr. 4.15; Eub. fr. 63.6).
ζωμού See on fr. 35.5. ζωμός occurs in the middle of a list of sausages
also at Ar. fr. 702.
τεύτλων Beets, presumably the leaves. In comedy they normally occur
as a wrapping for eel (e. g. Ar. Pax with Olson 1998 ad loc.·, Eub. fr. 34.1 (35 K)
with Hunter 1983 ad loc.), occasionally for another fish (Antiph. fr. 179; Eub. fr.
92), once apparently simply as the vegetable (Ar. fr. 128 [where the diminutive
is used]), and once in reference to the use of beet as a purgative (Ar. Ra. 942
with Kock 1898 ad loc. [specifically the white beet]); all other occurrences
mock non-Attic forms of the word (e. g. Alex. fr. 146.5 with Arnott 1996 ad
loc.). Here, the preceeding list of sausages (i. e. foods made by stuffing a casing
with ingredients) suggests their normal role as a wrapping for eel or other
fish; the same is probably true for θρίων below.
θρίων See on 39 δημοΰ and 40 τεύτλων.
41 λεκίθου A thick soup or porridge of barley or pulse; cf. Arnott 1996
on Alex. fr. 260.2; Pellegrino 1998 on Metag. fr. 18.2.
σκορόδων Garlic cloves were eaten raw, as presumably here, often as an
appetizer; cf. Olson 2002 on Ar. Ach. 521; Arnott 1996 on Alex. fr. 179.6 (where
mislabeled as line 5).
άφύης The fry of numerous sorts of fish (Arnott 1996 on Alex. fr. 84.1
notes that it ‘is not a species name but rather the commercial/popular one’),
which are often fried and frequently appear in banquet catalogues; cf. Olson-
Sens 1999 on Matro fr. 1.22 (SH 534); Pellegrino 1998 on Metag. fr. 6.8. Hsch.
a 8804 asserts that the singular is not used in Attic (a claim echoed by Arnott
1996), although numerous examples to the contrary exist; cf. Ar. fr. 520.1; Call.
Com. fr. 10; Nicostr. Com. fr. 11; Archestr. fr. 11.1 (SH 140) with Olson-Sens
2000 ad loc.
σκόμβρων Mackerel was a very common fish, most often caught in the
Hellespont or Black Sea, and was frequently pickled; cf. Arnott 1996 on Alex,
fr. 77.3; Olson-Sens 2000 on Archestr. fr. 39.6 (SH 169).
42 ένθρυμματίδων θρυμματίς is a kind of cake (Poll. 6.77; Theognost.
Can. 2.20.24), which Phot. Θ 238 describes as a σκεύασμα διά στέατος και
σεμιδάλεως και συκκαλίδων (cf. Antiph. fr. 181.4-5, where it is called τετα-
ραγμένη [cf. Totaro 1998 on Amips. fr. 17]), while at Lyne. fr. 1.8 it is called
γλυκεϊαν; cf. Philox. PMG 836b. 17; Nicostr. Com. fr. 1.3. ένθρυμματίς, appar-
ently the same food, is mentioned only here and at Hsch. Θ 794 θρυμματίς· ή
ύφ’ ήμών ένθρυμματίς.
πτισάνης Gruel made from ground barley and flavored with salt; cf.
Arnott 1996 on Alex. fr. 146.2-3; Gomme-Sandbach 1973 on Men. Epitr. 141.