[1184] πυρήια: 'fire-sticks,' igniaria, cf. Theocr. 22. 33, πυρεῖά τε χερσὶν ἐνώμα. Their invention is ascribed to Hermes (h. Hom. Merc. 111). Theophrastus, Ign. 64, describes πυρεῖα as consisting of the ἐσχάρα, a hollow piece of soft wood, and the τρύπανον of hard wood which was twisted round like an auger in the hollow of the ἐσχάρα.
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Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.
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