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[362] “ὅτι οἶδεν ἕψησιν κρεῶν, χρωμένους δὲ τοὺς ἥρωας οὐ παρεισάγει”, See An.similar remarks on 388, 15.679, 18.219. There is however a want of point here, for it is not the boiling of flesh but the melting of lard which is described. Presumably Ar. considered that the habit of boiling flesh was implied in the existence of caldrons. ζεῖ, read “ζέει”: the contracted form is not only un-Homeric but unmetrical. So “τρεῖ” for “τρέει11.554. The verb is used with “λέβης” just as we say ‘the kettle boils.’

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