And Callimedon was a man very notorious for his fondness for dainties.

And Antiphanes also speaks of paunches in his Philometor, using these words—

While the wood has pith in it (ἔμμητρον) it puts forth shoots.
There is a metropolis but no patropolis.
Some men sell paunches (μῆτραι), a delicious food.
Metras, the Chian, is dear to the people.

And Euphron says in his Paradidomena—

But my master having prepared a paunch
Set it before Callimedon; and when he ate it
It made him leap with joy; from which he earn'd
The name of crab.

[[168]] And Dioxippus in his Antipornoboscus—

What food doth he delight in! Dainty is he!
Most dainty in his eating, paunches, sausages!

And in his Historiographer, he says—

Amphides burst in the porch and made himself a way in;
Holding up two paunches fine, See for what I'm paying,
Said he, and send me all you have, or all that you can find me.

And Eubulus says in his Deucalion—