I had a response from Claude Pavur on the Classics-L list. I had never heard of Mithaecus, I confess. RH Well research on Mithaecus might help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithaecus . Then there's *A Companion to Food in the Ancient World <https://www.amazon.com/Companion-Ancient-World-Blackwell-Companions/dp/ 1405179406/ref=sr_1_19781405179409>* . ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: https://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH