Paxamus

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

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Alcock 2006, p. 123.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Dalby 2003, p. 252.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Dalby 1996, pp. 164–165.

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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.