αὑτοῖς ἅπαντες ἠξίουν συζῆν, ὄχλος
ἠθροίζετ᾽, ἐγένονθ᾽ αἱ πόλεις οἰκούμεναι
διὰ τὴν τέχνην, ὅπερ εἶπα, τὴν μαγειρικήν.
β. ἄνθρωπε χαῖρε, περὶπόδ᾽ εἶ τῷ δεσπότῃ.
α. καταρχόμεθ᾽ ἡμεῖς οἱ μάγειροι, θύομεν,
σπονδὰς ποιοῦμεν, τῷ μάλιστα τοὺς θεοὺς
ἡμῖν ὑπακούειν διὰ τὸ ταῦθ᾽ εὑρηκέναι
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λάχανον, τάριχος πολυτελές,4 χόνδρον, μέλι. ὡς πολὺ δὲ διὰ τὰς ἡδονὰς ἃς νῦν λέγω ἀπεῖχ᾽ ἕκαστος τοῦ φαγεῖν ἂν ἔτι νεκροῦ:
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