Note 556 — Chapter XV · FISH IN SACRIFICES—PICKLED FISH—VIVARIA OF OYSTERS, ETC.—ARCHIMEDES
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Aristophanes, Frogs, 474 f., Ταρτησία μύραίνα, a great dainty (Varro, ap. Gell., 6. 16. 5), is of course meant to suggest Tartarus. Contrast with this, the popularity of the fish, as attested by its frequent mention, especially in Plautus, and by the fact which Helbig (Camp. Wandgemälde (Leipzig, 1868), Index, p. 496, s.v. “Muräne”) brings out, that on the mural decorations of Pompeii no fish finds more frequent representation.