But the Virgin Goddess born of the mighty Father
Gives you some boiled meat, extracted from the broth,
And a slice of paunch, and tripe, and entrails.
And Cratinus, in his Pluti, mentions jawbones of meat—
Fighting for a noble jawbone of beef.
And Sophocles, in the Amycus, says—
And he places on the table tender jawbones.
And Plato, in his Timæus, writes, "And he bound up some jawbones for them, so as to give the appearance of a whole face." And Xenophon says, in his book on Horsemanship, "A small jawbone closely pressed." But some call it, not σιαγὼν, but ὑαγὼν, spelling the word with a υ, saying that it is derived from the word ὑς. Epicharmus also speaks of tripe, χορδαὶ as we call it, but he calls it ὄρυαι, having given one of his plays the title of Orya. And Aristophanes, in his Clouds, writes—
Let them prepare a dish of tripe, for me
To set before these wise philosophers.
And Cratinus, in his Pytina, says—
How fine, says he, is now this slice of tripe.
And Eupolis speaks of it also, in his Goats. But Alexis, either in his Leucadia, or in his Runaways, says—