I send you forth into the world, a cook,
Complete and perfect in the rules of art.
Agis of Rhodes alone knew how to broil
A fish in due perfection; Nereus, too,
Of Chios, for stew'd congers had no equal;
For from his hands, it was a dish for th' gods.
Then for white thrion, no one could exceed
Chariades of Athens; for black broth,
Th' invention and perfection's justly due
To Lamprias alone; while Aponètus