Fine biscuit made with sesame and honey.
Additional information and bibliography
'Itrion' is recorded in the work 'Περί Γρίφων' by Klearchos Soleas (4th-3rd c. BC) among other desserts. The passage is recorded by Athenaeus (2nd-3rd c. AD) in his work 'Dipnosophistae' (14.649a).
'Itron' is described by Athenaeus (14.646d) as a thin biscuit made with sesame and honey.
Athenaeus, Dipnosophistae 14.646d in: Gulick, C.B. translation (1980) Athenaeus-The Deipnosophists, Loeb Classical Library vol.6. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 504-505
Athenaeus, Dipnosophistae 14.648a in: Gulick, C.B. translation (1980) Athenaeus-The Deipnosophists, Loeb Classical Library vol.6. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 504-505
Natasa Charalambous
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