Note 524 — Chapter XV · FISH IN SACRIFICES—PICKLED FISH—VIVARIA OF OYSTERS, ETC.—ARCHIMEDES

Nonnius, op. cit., p. 155. Apart from fashionable mania, the salsamentum was used for very practical purposes, e.g. as food for the Athenian soldier on campaign. Cf. Aristoph., Ach., 1101, 2. From the frequent notices and quotations in Athenæus, Euthydemus the Athenian seems to have been the most prolific author on pickled fish. On him and his three treatises, see Pauly-Winowa, Real. Enc., VI. 1505.