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[15] φύεται δ᾽ ἐν τοῖς Αἰγυπτιακοῖς ἕλεσι καὶ ταῖς λίμναις ἥ τε βύβλος καὶ ὁ Αἰγύπτιος κύαμος ἐξ οὗ τὸ κιβώριον, σχεδόν τι ἰσοΰψεις ῥάβδοι ὅσον δεκάποδες. ἀλλ᾽ ἡ μὲν βύβλος ψιλὴ ῥάβδος ἐστὶν ἐπ᾽ ἄκρῳ χαίτην ἔχουσα, ὁ δὲ κύαμος κατὰ πολλὰ μέρη φύλλα καὶ ἄνθη ἐκφέρει καὶ καρπὸν ὅμοιον τῷ παρ᾽ ἡμῖν κυάμῳ, μεγέθει μόνον καὶ γεύσει διαλλάττοντα. οἱ οὖν κυαμῶνες ἡδεῖαν ὄψιν παρέχουσι καὶ τέρψιν τοῖς ἐνευωχεῖσθαι βουλομένοις: εὐωχοῦνται δ᾽ ἐν σκάφαις θαλαμηγοῖς, ἐνδύνοντες εἰς τὸ πύκνωμα τῶν κυάμων καὶ σκιαζόμενοι τοῖς φύλλοις: ἔστι γὰρ σφόδρα μεγάλα ὥστε καὶ ἀντὶ ποτηρίων καὶ τρυβλίων χρῆσθαι: ἔχει γάρ τινα καὶ κοιλότητα ἐπιτηδείαν πρὸς τοῦτο: καὶ δὴ καὶ ἡ Ἀλεξάνδρεια μεστὴ τούτων ἐστὶ κατὰ τὰ ἐργαστήρια ὡς σκεύεσι χρωμένων: καὶ οἱ ἀγροὶ μίαν τινὰ τῶν προσόδων καὶ ταύτην ἔχουσι τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν φύλλων. ὁ μὲν δὴ κύαμος τοιοῦτος, ἡ δὲ βύβλος ἐνταῦθα μὲν οὐ πολλὴ φύεται (οὐ γὰρ ἀσκεῖται), ἐν δὲ τοῖς κάτω μέρεσι τοῦ Δέλτα πολλή, ἡ μὲν χείρων, ἡ δὲ βελτίων ἡ ἱερατική: κἀνταῦθα δέ τινες τῶν τὰς προσόδους ἐπεκτείνειν βουλομένων μετήνεγκαν τὴν Ἰουδαϊκὴν ἐντρέχειαν, ἣν ἐκεῖνοι παρεῦρον ἐπὶ τοῦ φοίνικος καὶ μάλιστα τοῦ καρυωτοῦ, καὶ τοῦ βαλσάμου: οὐ γὰρ ἐῶσι [p. 1116] πολλαχοῦ φύεσθαι, τῇ δὲ σπάνει τιμὴν ἐπιτιθέντες τὴν πρόσοδον οὕτως αὔξουσι, τὴν δὲ κοινὴν χρείαν διαλυμαίνονται.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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- LSJ, βύβλος
- LSJ, ἐνευωχέομαι
- LSJ, ἐντρέχ-εια
- LSJ, ἐπεκ-τείνω
- LSJ, ἱερα_τ-ικός
- LSJ, κα^ρυ^ο-ωτὸς
- LSJ, κυ^α^μ-ών
- LSJ, πύκν-ωμα
- LSJ, θα^λα^μ-ηγός
- LSJ, χαίτ-η
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