And Eubulus, in his Catacollomenos, says—
And platters heap'd with quantities of meat
Suffocated in the Sicilian fashion.
And Aristophanes, in his Wasps, has said—
Some suffocated meat in a platter.
And Cratinus, in his Delian Women, says—
And therefore do you take some meat and pound it,
Having first neatly suffocated it.
And Antiphanes, in his Countryman, says—
And first of all
I bring you the much-wish'd-for barley-cake,
Which the all-genial mother Ceres gives
A joyful gift to mortals; and besides,
Some tender limbs of suffocated goats
Set round with herbs, a young and tender meat.
B. How say you?
A. I am going through a tragedy
Of the divinest Sophocles.
54. And when some sucking-pigs were carried round, and the guests made an inquiry respecting them, whether they were mentioned by any ancient author, some one said—Pherecrates, in his Slave turned Tutor, says—
I stole some sucking-pigs not fully grown.