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terized as Boeotian in both passages); Antiph. fr. 295.2 φάτται, νήτται, χήνες;
cf. Ar. Pl. 1011 νηττάριον αν και φάττιον with Holzinger 1940 ad loc.
φαττών The ring dove or wood pigeon, a large pigeon; cf. Dunbar 1995
on Ar. Av. 303; Thompson 1936. 300-2. For the φάττα in catalogues of food,
cf. on νηττών; Ephipp. frr. 3.8 (= Eub. fr. 148.5); 15.8.
χήνες Domesticated geese are known already in Homer (e. g. Od. 15.174),
although they obviously continued to exist in the wild as well; cf. Dunbar 1995
on Ar. Av. 707; Thompson 1936. 325-30. The domesticated birds were grain-fed
(Epig. fr. 2.1-2 χήνα... / σιτευτόν; Archestr. fr. 58.1 (SH189) σιτευτόν ... χηνός
... νεοττόν with Olson-Sens 2000 ad loc.·, cf. Matro fr. 5.2 (SH 538) σιτευτάς
όρνιθας with Olson-Sens 1999 ad loc.) and the liver, as still today, seems to
have been a delicacy (Ath. 9.384c citing Eub. fr. 99; Plu. Mor. 965a). For their
presence in catalogues of food, cf. on νηττών; Mnesim. fr. 4.47.
στρουθοί Cf. on fr. 7.
65 The alliteration in this line is far more pronounced than elsewhere
in the fragment. Perhaps it was meant as a verbal display as the list of food
draws to a close, but it need have no greater significance than delight on the
part of the poet in the effect (cf. Olson-Sens 2000. lx).
κίχλαι The general term for various species of thrushes; cf. Arnott
1996 on Alex. fr. 168.5; Dunbar 1995 on Ar. Av. 591; Thompson 1936. 148-50.
Thrushes appear frequently in catalogues of food (e.g. Ar. fr. 402.7; Ephipp.
fr. 3.8 [= Eub. fr. 148.5]; Nicostr. Com. fr. 4.4; Matro fr. 1.78 (SH 534) with
Olson-Sens 1999 ad loc.) and can be either roasted (Ar. Ach. 1007; Telecl.
fr. 1.12; Pherecr. fr. 113.23; Men. fr. 409.13) or stewed (Ar. Pax 1197; Pherecr.
fr. 137.10; cf. fr. 113.23). For the prosody, cf. 37 τερενόχρωτες; Ar. Av. 591
κιχλών; Dunbar 1995 on Av. 579.
κόρυδοι The crested lark (cf. Arnott 1996 introduction to Alex. fr. 48;
Dunbar 1995 on Ar. Av. 302; Thompson 1936.164-8) does not appear elsewhere
in catalogues of food or the like, nor does it seem to be known elsewhere as
a food. Its occurrence here is unproblematic, since songbirds or other small
birds alien to the modern palate (e.g. κίτται below) occasionally appear in
food-catalogues, but note that the remaining birds in this catalogue occur
seldom or never as food elsewhere.
κίτται The jay (cf. Arnott 1996 on Alex. fr. 96.2-4; Dunbar 1995 on Ar.
Av. 302; Thompson 1936. 146-8); the claim that the word refers to jays or
magpies (e. g. Thompson) is predicated on post-classical usage (cf. Arnott). The
jay appears only rarely in catalogues of food (Eup. fr. 13.4; Antiph. fr. 295.3;
Mnesim. fr. 4.49).
κύκνοι The general term for swans (for the lack of differentiation among
species, cf. Arnott 1977. 149-53), although only one, the Mute Swan, is likely