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title: On Table Manners and Offerings
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Dioscurides of the 3rd c. BCE
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# On Table Manners and Offerings

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Dioscurides of the 3rd c. BCE

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## Text

### 3bis

EUSTATH. Hom. Od. t 92: [‘... ἀναμάξεισ‘] Παυσανίας (α 134 Erbse) δέ φησιν ὅτι ‘ἀπομαγδαλιὰ‘ σταῖς, ὃ ἔφερον ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον, εἰς ὃ τὰς χεῖρας ἀποματτόμενοι εἶτα κυσὶν ἔβαλλον· διὸ ‘κυνά〈δα〉‘, φησί, τὸ τοιοῦτον Διοσκουρίδης προσαγορεύει.

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