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 by its smell, as the onion has the name of [Greek: krommyon], because it makes us wink our eyes ([Greek: hoti tas koras myomen]). And Xenarchus the comic writer says, in his Scythians—

This evil is no longer evil; so My daughter is corrupted by the stranger.

And that exquisite writer, Aristophanes, mentions salt and vinegar, saying, in the place where he speaks of Sthenelus the tragedian,—

A. How can I swallow Sthenelus's words? B. By soaking them in vinegar or white salt.

3. We then, my good friend, have gone along with you in these inquiries. But we have a right to expect an answer from you, in what author the word [Greek: paropsis] is used for a vessel. For when speaking of some victuals of various sorts, which were carefully dressed, and of some other things of this sort, I am aware that Plato, in his Festivals, has used the following expressions—

Whence barley-cakes might be got, and [Greek: paropsides].

And again, in his Europa, speaking at considerable length of some exquisite dish, he has used the following expressions among others—

A. The woman is asleep; B. I am aware That she is doing nothing. A. The [Greek: paropsides] Are all awake; and there is not a thing More calculated to give pleasure always. B. But where are these [Greek: paropsides], I pray you?

And in the passage immediately following, he uses the word [Greek: paropsis], as if it were equivalent to [Greek: paropsônêma], a delicacy; and in his Phaon he says—

Other men's things are like [Greek: paropsides], They please a short time, and are quickly spent.

And Aristophanes, in his Dædalus, says—

All women have one set of principles, And have a lover, like a [Greek: paropsis], ready.

4. So when Ulpian made no reply,—But I, said Leonidas, have a right to speak, since I have been silent a long time. But as Evenus the Parian says—

Many men make a point of contradicting On every subject equally; but care not Whether they rightly contradict or not.