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 But in the Sirens he calls it not [Greek: hypogastria], but [Greek: hypêtria], saying—

Th' [Greek: hypêtria] of white Sicilian tunnies.

61. We must now speak of the hare; concerning this animal Archestratus, that author so curious in his dishes, speaks thus—

Many are the ways and many the recipes For dressing hares; but this is best of all, To place before a hungry set of guests, A slice of roasted meat fresh from the spit, Hot, season'd only with plain simple salt, Not too much done. And do not you be vex'd At seeing blood fresh trickling from the meat, But eat it eagerly. All other ways Are quite superfluous, such as when cooks pour A lot of sticky clammy sauce upon it, Parings of cheese, and lees, and dregs of oil, As if they were preparing cat's meat.

And Naucrates the comic poet, in his Persia, says that it is an uncommon thing to find a hare in Attica: and he speaks thus—

For who in rocky Attica e'er saw A lion or any other similar beast, Where 'tis not easy e'en to find a hare?

But Alcæus, in his Callisto, speaks of hares as being plentiful, and says—

You should have coriander seed so fine That, when we've got some hares, we may be able To sprinkle them with that small seed and salt.

62. And Tryphon says,—"Aristophanes, in his Danaides, uses the form [Greek: lagôn] in the accusative case with an acute accent on the last syllable, and with a [Greek: n] for the final letter, saying—

And when he starts perhaps he may be able To help us catch a hare ([Greek: lagôn]).

And in his Daitaleis he says—

I am undone, I shall be surely seen Plucking the fur from off the hare ([Greek: lagôn]).

But Xenophon, in his treatise on Hunting, writes the accusative [Greek: lagô] without the [Greek: n], and with a circumflex accent. But among us the ordinary form of the nominative case is [Greek: lagôs]; and as we say [Greek: naos], and the Attics [Greek: neôs], and as we say [Greek: laos], and the Attics [Greek: leôs]; so, while we call this animal [Greek: lagos], they call him [Greek: lagôs]. And as for our using the form [Greek: lagon] in the accusative case singular, to that we find a corresponding