Ἀχράς

A type of pear. Aristophanes [writes]: "some wild pear must be obstructing [the passage of] my food. -- Is it the one Thrasyboulos talked about to the Lakonians?"¹ The wild pear is blocking the stomach. This Thrasyboulos intended to reply to the Lakedaimonian ambassadors who had come concerning the treaties, but then, after taking bribes, pretended that he had eaten wild pears and was unable to speak.²