E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Gourmand’s Prayer (The).
“O Philoxenos, Philoxenos, why were you not Prometheus?” Prometheus was the mythological creator of man, and Philoxenos was a great epicure, whose great and constant wish was to have the neck of a crane, that he might enjoy the taste of his food longer before it was swallowed into his stomach. (Aristotle: Ethics, iii. 10.)
