Now let us speak of provocatives to appetite, called πρόπομα .—When they were brought round by the butler, Ulpian said,
 Does the word πρόπομα occur in any
 ancient author in the sense in which we use it now? and when every one
 joined in the question, I will tell you, said Athenæus;
 Phylarchus the Athenian, (though some called him a
 native of Naucratis,) in the book where he speaks of Zelas the king of the
 Bithynians, who invited to supper all the leaders of the Galatians, and then
 plotted against them, and was killed himself also, says, if I recollect his
 words rightly, 'A certain πρόπομα was brought
 round before supper, as was the custom of antiquity.' And when Ulpian
 had said this, he asked for something to drink from the wine-cooler, saying, that
 he was in good humour with himself for having been able to remember this so very
 à propos. But there were things of all sorts, says
 Athenæus, used in these προπόματα.