Book 14
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There is also the crimnites, which is a kind of cheesecake made of a coarser sort of barley-meal (κρίμνον), as Iatrocles tells us in his treatise on Cheesecakes.
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Then there is the staitites; and this, too, is a species of cheesecake made of wheaten-flour and honey. Epicharmus mentions it in his Hebe's Wedding; but the wheaten-flour is wetted, and then put into a frying-pan; and after that honey is sprinkled over it, and sesame, and cheese; as Iatrocles tells us.
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There is also the charisius. This is mentioned by Aristophanes in his Daitaleis, where he says— But I will send them in the evening A charisian cheesecake. And Eubulus, in his Ancylion, speaks of it as if it were plain bread:— I only just leapt out, While baking the charisius.
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Then there is the ἐπίδαιτρον, which is a barley-cake, made like a cheesecake, to be eaten after supper; as Philemon tells us in his treatise on Attic Names.
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There is also the nanus, which is a loaf made like a cheesecake, prepared with cheese and oil.
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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.
