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δονέουσι: cf. Hippoc. de Morbis (ii. 358, ed. Kuhn, 1826), who says the light buttery part (βούτυρον) floated, the heavier cheesy part (ἱππάκη) sank, leaving the whey between the two. This was afterwards fermented and made into ‘koumiss’.

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