Boys were usually fed more frugally on barley cakes called kammata instead. The Spartans occasionally held a celebration dinner called the Kopis or Cleaver, which included loaves of wheat bread, barley cakes, figs, nuts, raw greens, a meat dish and, of course, some black broth.he Cleaver. The Spartans occasionally held a celebration dinner called the Kopis or Cleaver, which included loaves of wheat bread, barley cakes, figs, nuts, raw greens, a meat dish and, of course, some black broth.