{"id":18876,"date":"2024-03-11T08:06:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T12:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/?p=18876"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:59:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:59:26","slug":"scythians-theopompos-theopompus-on-a-scythian-dish-made-form-horses-milk-mid-fourth-century-bce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2024\/03\/scythians-theopompos-theopompus-on-a-scythian-dish-made-form-horses-milk-mid-fourth-century-bce\/","title":{"rendered":"Scythians: Theopompos on a dish made from horses&#8217; milk (mid-fourth century BCE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><b>Ancient authors: <\/b><\/i>Theopompos of Chios (mid-fourth century BCE), <em>FGrHist<\/em> 115 F45, as cited by Hesychios, <em>Lexicon<\/em> \u03b9 779 at \u1f31\u03c0\u03c0\u03ac\u03ba\u03b7 (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/fgrhist-die-fragmente-der-griechischen-historiker-vols-1-8\">link<\/a> to <em>FGrHist<\/em>).<i> <\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><i><b>Comments: <\/b><\/i>This brief citation of Theopompos (in a later lexicon) suggests his interest in the details of northern people&#8217;s meals, in this case a specific Scythian dish made from horses&#8217; milk.<\/p>\n<p>\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017<\/p>\n<p>Hippake: A Skythian food made from horse\u2019s milk. Some say that the Scythians use horse\u2019s sour milk. It is drunk and eaten when it is curdled, as Theopompos says in book 3 of the same work <em>[History of<\/em> <em>Philip<\/em>].<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"w\">\u1f31\u03c0\u03c0\u03ac\u03ba\u03b7<\/span><span class=\"p\">\u00b7<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u03a3\u03ba\u03c5\u03b8\u03b9\u03ba\u1f78\u03bd<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u03b2\u03c1\u1ff6\u03bc\u03b1<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u1f10\u03be<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u1f35\u03c0\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03b1\u03ba\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u03bf\u1f31<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u03b4\u1f72<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u1f40\u03be\u03cd\u03b3\u03b1\u03bb\u03b1<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u1f31\u03c0\u03c0\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bf\u03bd<\/span><span class=\"p\">,<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u1f67\u03b9<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u03c7\u03c1\u1ff6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u03a3\u03ba\u03cd\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u03c0\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u03b4\u1f72<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u1f10\u03c3\u03b8\u03af\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u03c0\u03b7\u03b3\u03bd\u03cd\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd<\/span><span class=\"p\">,<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u1f61\u03c2<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u0398\u03b5\u03cc\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u1f10\u03bd<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u03b3<\/span><span class=\"y\">\u0384<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/span> <span class=\"w\">\u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017\u2017<\/p>\n<p><i><b>Source of translation:<\/b><\/i> Translation by Harland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancient authors: Theopompos of Chios (mid-fourth century BCE), FGrHist 115 F45, as cited by Hesychios, Lexicon \u03b9 779 at \u1f31\u03c0\u03c0\u03ac\u03ba\u03b7 (link to FGrHist). . Comments: This brief citation of Theopompos (in a later lexicon) suggests his interest in the details of northern people&#8217;s meals, in this case a specific Scythian dish made from horses&#8217; milk. 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