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materials and could potentially have been placed under several of our general head-
ings. I therefore ask the reader to take these headings not as a rigid taxonomy but as a
convenient method of organising the material. Fourthly, like occupations, some words
are general terms. I have left out the term skeue as it is a broad term for utensils and
furniture. Similar broad terms (e.g. lachana [greens]; ichthus [fish]) have likewise been
omitted.
Finally, it is difficult for us living in modern economies to fully appreciate the sea-
sonal rhythms of availability of different products. Many agricultural products were
not available all year round: Theophrastus (Char. 14.9), for example, pokes fun at the
absent-minded man who tells off his slave for not buying cucumbers in winter; and
Aristophanes in the Seasons (fr. 581 K-A) wistfully lists many seasonal items that could
not be bought all year round. The sea lanes too were closed for much of the year, cut-
ting off or reducing the availability of many products. The following list is designed to
convey an impression of what was available in the agora in general and does not fully
convey the rhythms of availability.Agricultural and Garden Products
Related occupations: seed-seller (spermatopôlês); pulse-seller (ospriopôlês); honey-seller
(melitopôlês); onion-seller (krommyopôlês); greengrocer (lachanopôlis); barley-dealer (alph
itopôlês/alphitamoibos); nut-seller (karyopôlês); vine-dresser (ampelourgos); olive-picker/
tender (elaiologos/elaiokomos); olive-seller (elaiopôlês); garlic-seller (gelgopôlês); farmer
(georgos); gardner (kêpouros); sesame-seller (sêsamopôlês); bran-seller (kyrêbiopôlês) ;
laurel-seller (daphnopôlês).
Grain (sitos: Ar. Ach. 758); barley (alphita: Ar. fr. 481, Nub. 176, 788, Eq. 857, 10 0 9 , 110 4 ,
Pax 36 8 , 47 7, 6 36 , Thesm. 420, Vesp. 30 0 , Pl. 219 , Eccl. 819, Cratin. fr. 23, Nicophon fr.
6, fr. 21, Stratt. fr. 14); barleycorns (krithê: Ar. Eq. 1101, Pax 1322, Av. 2 31, 565, 6 2 2 ,
Pherecr. fr. 197; kapanoi: Pherecr. Fr. 250); wheat (pyros: Ar. fr. 428, Av. 566, 580, 622,
626, Pl. 986, Pherecr. fr. 67); one-seeded wheat (zeia: Ar. fr. 428, Pherecr. fr. 201);
sesame seed (sêsamê: Ar. Av. 159); bran (achyron: Ar. fr. 78, fr. 234, Ach. 508; kyrêbia: Ar.
Eq. 254, Cratin. fr. 339); bean (kyamos: Ar. fr. 372, Eq. 41, Lys. 537, Pherecr. fr. 201;
phaselos: Ar. Pax 1144, Demetr. fr. 5); lentil (phakos: Ar. fr. 590, Eup. fr. 378, Pherecr. fr.
26, fr. 73); pea (pisos: Ar. fr. 22); chickpea (erebinthos: Ar. Pax. 1136 , Eccl. 606, Pherecr.
fr. 89, fr. 170); chickling (arakos: Ar. fr. 428); garlic (skorodon: A r. f r. 5, Ach. 164 , 5 21,
550, 761, 813, 831, Eq. 494, 600, 946, Pax 258, 502, 1000, Thesm. 4 9 4 , Ran. 554, 987, Vesp.
679, Eccl. 4 0 4 , garlic from Tenos: Ar. Pl. 718 ) ; onion (krommuon: Ar. Ach. 550, 1099,
110 0 , Pax 1129, Lys. 798, Ran. 564 , Pl. 16 8 , Eccl. 30 7 ) ; horn onion (gêthyon: A r. f r. 5,
Eq. 6 7 7 ; gêteion: Ar. Ran. 622, Vesp. 4 9 6 , Eq. 677, Eup. fr. 275, Theopomp.Com. fr. 34);
saffron (krokos: Ar. Nub. 51, Eup. fr. 270, Cratin. fr. 105); tassel-hyacinth (bolbos: Ar.
fr. 128b, fr. 164, fr. 701, Eccl. 1092, Eup. fr. 337, Pl.Com. fr. 188, fr. 189); mushroom
(mykês: Polioch. fr. 2); oregano (origanon: Ar. fr. 128a, fr. 128b, Ach. 8 74 , Eccl. 10 30 ; pun-
gent Arcadian oregano: Pl.Com. fr. 169); pennyroyal (glachôn: Ar. Ach. 874); anise
(annêthon: Ar. Nub. 982, Thesm. 486, Metag. fr. 18); mustard (napu: Ar. Eq. 631); cori-
ander (koriannon: Ar. Eq. 676, 682, Alc.Com. fr. 17); silphium (silphion: Ar. fr. 128b,
Eq. 8 95, Av. 534 , 157 9 , 158 2 , 1585, Pl. 9 25 ; kaulos: Hermipp. fr. 63); thyme (thymos: Ar.
Pl. 223, 282, Pherecr. fr. 177); tufted thyme (herpyllos: Ar. Pax 168, Cratin. fr. 105);
lavender (iphyon: Ar. Thesm. 910); hellebore (helleboros: Ar. fr. 332, Vesp. 1487); mastic