Paxamus, or Paxamos ( Greek: Πάξαμος), was an ancient Greek author from the Hellenistic period. ^{[1] [2] [3]} He composed a cookbook titled On Cooking and a text on farming titled On Farming. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Athenaeus, another Greek writer, mentioned Paxamus once in his work titled Deipnosophists. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Paxamus was perhaps the inventor of barley biscuits named after him called " paximathia". ^{[2] [3]} He was quoted in the Geoponica, a Byzantine text on agriculture. ^{[2] [3]}

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• Alcock, Joan P. (2006). Food in the Ancient World. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN  0-313-33003-4.
• Dalby, Andrew (2003). Food in the Ancient World from A to Z. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN  0-415-23259-7.
• Dalby, Andrew (1996). Siren Feasts: A History of Food and Gastronomy in Greece. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN  978-1-13-496985-2.

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