Note 613 — Chapter III · FOOD OF HOMERIC TIMES—MEAT, FISH, ETC.
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Archestratos gives the preference over all other eels to those caught in the Faro of Messina. Athen. vii. 53. Very excellent and large eels are taken in the lake of Korion, in Crete, according to the testimony of Buondelmonte. Pashley, i. 72.