Book 14
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There are also ψώθια, which are likewise called ψαθύρια. Pherecrates, in the Crapatalli, says— And in the shades below you'll get for threepence A crapatallus, and some ψώθια. But Apollodorus the Athenian, and Theodorus, in his treatise on the Attic Dialect, say that the crumbs which are knocked off from a loaf are called ψώφια,, which some people also call ἀττάραγοι.
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Then there is the ἴτριον. This is a thin cake, made of sesame and honey; and it is mentioned by Anacreon thus:— I broke my fast, taking a little slice Of an ἴριον; but I drank a cask of wine. And Aristophanes, in his Acharnians, says— Cheesecakes, and cakes of sesame, and ἴτρια. And Sophocles, in his Contention, says— But I, being hungry, look back at the ἴτρια.
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There is mention made also of ἄμοραι. Philetas, in his Miscellanies, says that cakes of honey are called ἄμοραι; and they are made by a regular baker.
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There is the ταγηνίτης, too; which is a cheesecake fried in oil. Magnes, or whoever it was that wrote the comedies which are attributed to him, says in the second edition of his Bacchus— Have you ne'er seen the fresh ταγήνιαι hissing, When you pour honey over them? And Cratinus, in his Laws, says— The fresh ταγηνίας, dropping morning dew.
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Then there is the ἔλαφος.. This is a cheesecake made on the festival of Elaphebolia, of wheat-flour, and honey, and sesame.
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The ναστὸς is a kind of cheesecake, having stuffing inside it.
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χόρια are cakes made up with honey and milk.
