Πρωτεσίλαος (fr. 42)

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rightly notes that the plural becomes the norm in later comedy. Salt was
obtained in chunks (e.g. Ar. Ach. 521; Hsch. χ 629; Suda χ 391; cf. Hdt. 4.181),
which were then ground into λεπτοί άλες (e. g. Ar. fr. 158.2 with ap. crit.·, Alex,
fr. 192.5; adesp. com. fr. 1146.24; Archestr. fr. 37.8 (SH 167) with Olson-Sens
2000 ad loc.y, for a general account of salt in antiquity, including various pro-
duction methods, see Forbes 1993.164-81. At Ar. Ach. 521, salt is characterized
as a Megarian product (cf. Ach. 760; Plin. NH 31.87), but at least in the Roman
period it was collected in Attica and Euboea as well (Plin. NH 31.87).
61 πίναι The fan mussel, a large bivalve shellfish, found elsewhere in
catalogues of food at Philyll. fr. 12.1-2 δστρειον, /... λεπάδας ... μυς, πίννας,
κτένας; Posidipp. fr. 15.3 πίνας ... μύας; Alex. frr. 84.1 with ap. crit.·, 281.1; cf.
Olson-Sens 1999 on Matro fr. 1.25 (SH 534); Arnott 1996 on Alex. fr. 281.1;
Thompson 1947. 200-2. πίνη rather than -vv- seems to be the correct spell-
ing;103 cf. LSJ s. v.; Olson-Sens 1999 on Matro fr. 1.25 (SH 534); Arnott 1996 on
Alex. fr. 84.1; Mayser 1906 1.241; Kontos-Charitonides 1903. 227.104
λεπάδες The limpet, a shellfish normally found clinging to a rock (e. g.
Hermipp. fr. 31 λεπάδας δε πετρών άποκόπτοντες; Hsch. λ 657 λεπάδες· τά
προς ταϊς πέτραις κεκολλημένα κογχύλια όστρέων έλάττω; λ 662; Σν Ar. V.
105; £rvme®n Ar. Pl. 1096), whence the jokes at Ar. V. 105 and Pl. 1096, is found
in catalogues of shellfish also at Archipp. fr. 24; Philyll. fr. 12.2; Philippid. fr.
4; Plaut. Rud. 297-8 lopadas, ostreas,.../... musculos·, in general, cf. Thompson
1947. 147-8.
μύες Mussels are an apparently inexpensive shellfish (cf. Alex. fr. 15.5;
Mart. 3.60.3-4), occasionally found in catalogues of similar foods (A. fr. 34 μύες
κώστρεια; Philyll. fr. 12.2; Antiph. fr. 191.1 [described as Ποντικοί]; Posidipp.
fr. 15.3); cf. Olson-Sens 2000 on Archestr. fr. 7.1 (SH 187); Thompson 1947.
166-7. The normal Attic form is the contracted μυς, although the uncontracted
form is acceptable in poetry when metrically necessary; cf. Posidipp. fr. 15.3;
Gomme-Sandbach 1973 on Men. Sam. 98; Kiihner-Blass 1890-1892 1.439.
δστρεια The term for mollusks in general (cf. Diph. fr. 43.1-2 όστρέων
γένη / παντοδαπά; Hsch. μ 1788 μύες· όστρέου τι είδος; Thompson 1947. 190)
as well as for oysters in particular, as here (cf. Cratin. fr. 8; Philyll. fr. 12.1;
Philippid. fr. 4; Matro fr. 1.16 [SH 534]); cf. Olson-Sens 2000 on Archestr. fr.
7.1 (SH 187); Thompson 1947.190-2; Andrews 1947-1948. δστρεια (metrically

103 Kassel-Austin follow the manuscript readings and thus print the form with a single
v only at Posidipp. fr. 15.3, where πίνας survives in A (cf. Matro fr. 1.25).
104 Stephanus s. v. πίνος (6.1097c) quotes ZTricl S. Ai. 381 πίνα ό ρύπος, δι’ ενός ν· πίννα,
τό δστρεον, διά δύο ν; but this is almost certainly a late attempt to impose order
on inconsistent orthography.