Πρωτεσίλαος (fr. 42)

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It is found in catalogues of food (Nicopho fr. 6.3; Ar. fr. 428), but was also
recommended for the sick (e. g. Hp. Acut. 4 [11.244—6 Littre]; cf. Ar. fr. 165 with
Kassel-Austin ad loc.\
άθάρης Gruel made from wheat; cf. Phot, a 471 ή έκ πυρών έψημένων
και διακεχυμένων ώσπερ ετνος τροφή; Hsch. a 1533 όλόπυρος97 πτισάνη
πυροϋ, 1535,1581; Suda a 708. It is occasionally included in catalogues of food
(Pherecr. fr. 113.3; Nicopho fr. 6.1). άθάρη, as opposed to άθήρη, seems to be
the correct Attic form; cf. Phot, a 471 with Theodoridis 1982 ad loc.; Holzinger
1940 on Ar. Pl. 673. Hsch. a 1581 claims that the food is Egyptian; cf. Gal. Glauc.
2.12 (XI.142 Kuhn); Plin. NH 22.121.
43 Cf. Alex. fr. 167.11-12 κύαμος ... / ... ώχρος, λάθυρος; Poll. 1.247
κύαμοι, ώχροι, δόλιχοι, λάθυροι.
κυάμων The broad or fava bean, which was eaten raw, boiled, or roasted;
cf. Arnott 1996 on Alex. fr. 167.11; Olson-Sens 2000 on Archestr. fr. 60.15 (SH
192).
λαθύρων A vetch frequently coupled with ώχρος (e. g. Thphr. HP 8.3.1-2;
Gal. Alim. 1.16 [CMG V.4.2]; below) and defined in the lexicographers as
άρακος or όσπριον (Phot, λ 25; Hsch. a 6953; λ 109); cf. Gal. Alim. 1.26 (CMG
V.4.2); Arnott 1996 on Alex. fr. 167.12.
ώχρων An unidentified type of vetch; cf. Gal. Alim. 1.25 (CMG V.4.2);
Hsch. ω 515, where the extraneous gloss και όσπριον λαθύρω έοικός presum-
ably belongs to a lost lemma ώχρος; Arnott 1996 on Alex. fr. 167.12; above
on λαθύρων.
δολίχων An unidentified type of pulse; cf. Gal. Alim. 1.28 (CMG V.4.2);
Hsch. δ 2143 δόλιχοι· οσπρίου είδος; Suda δ 1339. Possibly related to the plant
is Δόλιχος at hCer. 155. For the collocation of δόλιχοι and ώχροι, cf. Gal. (cited
above); Hp. Viet. 2.45 (CMG 1.2.4).
44 μέλιτος Honey was used as a sauce for many foods, including cheese
and meat; cf. Olson-Sens 2000 on Archestr. fr. 60.17 (SH 192).
τυρού Cheese is often included in catalogues both as a food and a season-
ing; cf. Olson-Sens 2000 on Archestr. fr. 14.5 (SH 144) and Olson-Sens 1999
on Matro fr. 1.92 (SH 534).
χορίων Normally found in the plural (contrast Alex. fr. 178.13), χόρια is
a pudding made of honey and milk cooked in an internal membrane (χόριον)
taken from a sheep or goat; cf. Hunter 1983 on Eub. fr. 74.4; Arnott 1996 on
Alex. fr. 178.13; Gow 1952 on Theoc. 9.19.

97 So Schmidt; Latte’s όλότυρος is presumably a typographical error, since the word
is otherwise unattested, it makes little sense here, and Latte makes no mention of
Schmidt’s reading.