Name - Origin
Cypriot name of food
Γογγυλίς (ancient name). Goggylís.
Greek name - description
Γογγύλι.
Additional information and bibliography
Time period
4th-3rd c. BC, 2nd-3rd c. AD (sources cited).
Supplementary Information
'Goggylis' is mentioned by Clearchos Soleas (4th-3rd century BC) in his work 'Περί γρίφων' among other foods. The extract is recorded by Athenaeus (2nd-3rd c. AD) in his work 'Dipnosophistae'.
No further information on the consumption of turnips is given.
Bibliography
Athenaeus, Dipnosophistae 14.648f-649a in Gulick, C.B. translation (1980) Athenaeus-The Deipnosophists, Loeb Classical Library vol.6. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 504.
Researcher/Recorder
Natasa Charalambous
