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βεκός: in the Ionian dialect = ‘bread’; cf. Hipponax, fr. 82 Κυπρίων βεκὸς φαγοῦσι κἀμαθουσίων πυρόν. This story is frequently referred to, e.g. in Aristoph. Nub. 398 βεκκεσέληνε (cf. i. 4. 2 n.). Even in ancient times the word βεκός was explained as onomatopoetic, from the cries of the goats. Ramsay has recently found it on a Phrygian inscription (Jahreshefte des Öst. Arch. Inst. in Wien, 1905, Beibl. p. 95 seq.).

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