Foods And Culinary Utensils of the Ancients
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It was not customary to drink before the meal had been served.
Bread was handed round in little baskets woven from slips of ivory.
Moderation was universally observed. It was deemed gluttonous to linger long over a repast, and contemptible to imbibe too freely of wine.
" * * * When the calls of thirst And hunger were appeased, the diners thought Of other things that well become a feast.
Song and the dance." But here again all ribaldry was debarred. Tender hymns and rhapsodies were sung to the a...ccompani- ment of the harp by itrained singers, who were seated at special tables on silver-mounted thrones.
Games of various kinds usually followed, and with conversation filled out the time until the gathering dis- persed.
House picnics were much in vogue : "* * * * Meantime came Those who prepared the banquets to the halls Of the great monarch. Bringing sheep Foods and Culinary Utensils of the Ancients. 35 And strengthening wine tliey came. Their wives, who on their brows Wore snowy fillets, brought the bread, and thus Within the halls of Menelaus all Was bustle setting forth the evening meal." Among the dining room utensils should be men- tioned the various baskets of copper, silver, gold and ivory wire ; vessels for mixing wine, usually of silver, but sometimes of the more precious metal, and cups of elaborate design and costly workmanship.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It was not customary to drink before the meal had been served.
Bread was handed round in little baskets woven from slips of ivory.
Moderation was universally observed. It was deemed gluttonous to linger long over a repast, and contemptible to imbibe too freely of wine.
" * * * When the calls of thirst And hunger were appeased, the diners thought Of other things that well become a feast.
Song and the dance." But here again all ribaldry was debarred. Tender hymns and rhapsodies were sung to the a...ccompani- ment of the harp by itrained singers, who were seated at special tables on silver-mounted thrones.
Games of various kinds usually followed, and with conversation filled out the time until the gathering dis- persed.
House picnics were much in vogue : "* * * * Meantime came Those who prepared the banquets to the halls Of the great monarch. Bringing sheep Foods and Culinary Utensils of the Ancients. 35 And strengthening wine tliey came. Their wives, who on their brows Wore snowy fillets, brought the bread, and thus Within the halls of Menelaus all Was bustle setting forth the evening meal." Among the dining room utensils should be men- tioned the various baskets of copper, silver, gold and ivory wire ; vessels for mixing wine, usually of silver, but sometimes of the more precious metal, and cups of elaborate design and costly workmanship.
What to read after Foods And Culinary Utensils of the Ancients?
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