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Paxamus

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Paxamus, or Paxamos (Greek: Πάξαμος), was an ancient Greek author from the Hellenistic period.[1][2][3] He composed a cookbook titled On Cooking and a text on farming titled On Farming.[1][2][3] Athenaeus, another Greek writer, mentioned Paxamus once in his work titled Deipnosophists.[1][2][3] Paxamus was perhaps the inventor of barley biscuits named after him called "paximathia".[2][3] He was quoted in the Geoponica, a Byzantine text on agriculture.[2][3]

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  1. ^ a b c Alcock 2006, p. 123.
  2. ^ a b c d e Dalby 2003, p. 252.
  3. ^ a b c d e Dalby 1996, pp. 164–165.

Sources

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  • Alcock, Joan P. (2006). Food in the Ancient World. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-33003-4.
  • Dalby, Andrew (2003). Food in the Ancient World from A to Z. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-23259-7.
  • Dalby, Andrew (1996). Siren Feasts: A History of Food and Gastronomy in Greece. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-13-496985-2.