CHEESECAKES. on the Attic Dialect, say that the crumbs which are knocked off from a loaf are called [Greek: psôthia], which some people also call [Greek: attaragoi].
Then there is the [Greek: itrion]. 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 [Greek: itrion]; but I drank a cask of wine.
And Aristophanes, in his Acharnians, says—
Cheesecakes, and cakes of sesame, and [Greek: itria].
And Sophocles, in his Contention, says—
But I, being hungry, look back at the [Greek: itria].
There is mention made also of [Greek: amorai]. Philetas, in his Miscellanies, says that cakes of honey are called [Greek: amorai]; and they are made by a regular baker.
There is the [Greek: tagênitês], 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 [Greek: tagêniai] hissing,
When you pour honey over them?
And Cratinus, in his Laws, says—
The fresh [Greek: tagênias], dropping morning dew.
Then there is the [Greek: elaphos]. This is a cheesecake made on the festival of Elaphebolia, of wheat-flour, and honey, and sesame.
The [Greek: nastos] is a kind of cheesecake, having stuffing inside it.
56. [Greek: Choria] are cakes made up with honey and milk.
The [Greek: amorbitês] is a species of cheesecake in fashion among the Sicilians. But some people call it [Greek: paisa]. And among the Coans it is called [Greek: plakountion], as we are informed by Iatrocles.
Then there are the [Greek: sêsamides], which are cakes made of honey, and roasted sesame, and oil, of a round shape. Eupolis, in his Flatterers, says—
He is all grace, he steps like a callabis-dancer,
And breathes sesamides, and smells of apples.
And Antiphanes, in his Deucalion, says—
Sesamides, or honey-cheesecakes,
Or any other dainty of the kind.
And Ephippus, in his Cydon, also mentions them in a passage which has been already quoted.
