They brought, instead of a ματτύη, some paunch,
And tender pettitoes, and tripe, perhaps.
But Dionysius, in his Man shot at with Javelins (and it is a cook who is represented speaking), says—
So that sometimes, when I a ματτύη
Was making for them, in haste would bring
(More haste worse speed)....[108]
Philemon, also, in his Poor Woman—
When one can lay aside one's load, all day
Making and serving out rich μάττυαι.
But Molpis the Lacedæmonian says that what the Spartans call ἐπαίκλεια, that is to say, the second course, which is served up when the main part of the supper is over, is called μάττυαι by other tribes of Greece. And Menippus the Cynic, in his book called Arcesilaus, writes thus:—"There was a drinking-party formed by a certain number of revellers, and a Lacedæmonian woman ordered the ματτύη to be served up; and immediately some little partridges were brought in, and some roasted geese, and some delicious cheesecakes."