MUGIL.
This fish, singular instrument of a punishment invented by Rome,[XXI_183] entered into the bill of fare of a fashionable supper, but one without that magnificence which a feast of parade exacts. It was prepared with pepper, alisander, cummin, onion, mint, rue, sage, and dates, mixed with honey, vinegar, mustard, and oil.[XXI_184]
The Greeks also esteemed mugils, and gave a preference to those sold by the fishermen of Scyathus.[XXI_185]