Mediterranean Seafood, Penguin, 1972. ISBN 0-14-046174-4, p. 123 AndrewDalby(英语:AndrewDalby), Food in the ancient world from A to Z, 2003, ISBN 0-415-23259-7
上流階層通過狩獵獲取肉類。市民階級時有攝取豬肉,而羊肉則是限於中上層和上層階級的奢侈品。拜占庭人用牛耕田,因此很少吃牛肉。[來源請求] Dalby, Andrew (2003), Flavours of Byzantium, Totnes, England: Prospect Books, ISBN 1-903018-14-5
Life in Ancient Greece.Oxford University Press,USA.ISBN 9780195124910. Dalby, Andrew, The Story of Bacchus, London:British Museum Press, 2005, ISBN 0-7141-2255-6
from Greek παστρον "dried meat"; see the etymology section of pastırma AndrewDalby, Siren Feasts, p. 189 存档副本. [2017-07-12]. (原始内容存档于2017-12-09). Harry