These are the only references to the names which up till now have been discovered, and they are, as one sees, of but little account.
On the other hand, the influence of Aristophanes and of Lucian, his intimate acquaintance with nearly all the writers of antiquity, Greek as well as Latin, with whom Rabelais is more permeated even than Montaigne, were a mine of inspiration.

The proof of it is everywhere.

Pliny especially was his encyclopaedia, his constant companion.

All he says of the Pantagruelian herb, though he amply developed it for himself, is taken from Pliny's chapter on flax.

And there is a great deal more of this kind to be discovered, for Rabelais does not always give it as quotation.