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““ τοῖς φιδίταις ἀίκλον: παρὰ γὰρ τοῦτο οἶμαι τὴν φωνὴν πεποιῆσθαι. καί ἐστιν ἡ παρασκευὴ τῶν λεγομένων ἐπαίκλων οὐχ ἁπλῆ, καθάπερ ὁ Πολέμων ὑπείληφεν, ἀλλὰ διττή: ἣν μὲν γὰρ τοῖς παισὶ παρέχουσι πάνυ τις εὔκολός ἐστι καὶ εὐτελής. ἄλφιτα γάρ ἐστιν ἐλαίῳ δεδευμένα, ἅ φησι Νικοκλῆς ὁ Λάκων κάπτειν αὐτοὺς μετὰ τὸ δεῖπνον ἐν φύλλοις δάφνης, παρὸ καὶ καμματίδας μὲν προσαγορεύεσθαι τὰ φύλλα, αὐτὰ
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