ἰσάργυρόν τ᾽ εἰς χεῖρα Κυπρίου λίθουμήποτε, φησὶν ὁ Δίδυμος ῾p. 305 Schm',' τὴν καλουμένην στακτὴν λέγει, διὰ τὴν σμύρναν ἣν εἰς Αἴγυπτον καταγομένην κομίζεσθαι πρὸς τοὺς Ἕλληνας. Ἱκέσιος δ᾽ ἐν β# περὶ Ὕλης ‘τῶν μύρων, φησίν, ἃ μέν ἐστιν χρίματα, ἃ δ᾽ ἀλείμματα. καὶ ῥόδινον μὲν πρὸς πότον ἐπιτήδειον, ἔτι δὲ μύρσινον, μήλινον: τοῦτο δ᾽ ἐστὶν καὶ εὐστόμαχον καὶ ληθαργικοῖς χρήσιμον. τὸ δ᾽ οἰνάνθινον εὐστόμαχον ὂν καὶ τὴν διάνοιαν ἀπαραπόδιστον φυλάσσει. καὶ τὸ σαμψούχινον δὲ καὶ ἑρπύλλινον ἐπιτήδεια πρὸς πότον καὶ κρόκινον τὸ χωρὶς σμύρνης πολλῆς. καὶ ἡ στακτὴ δὲ ἐπιτήδειος πρὸς πότον, ἔτι δὲ νάρδος. τὸ δὲ τήλινον καὶ γλυκύ ἐστι καὶ ἁπαλόν. τὸ δὲ λευκόινον καὶ εὐῶδες καὶ σφόδρα πεπτικόν.' Θεόφραστος δὲ ἐν τῷ περὶ Ὀδμῶν ῾6, 27' 'συντίθεσθαί φησι μύρα ἀπ᾽ ἀνθέων μὲν ῥόδινον καὶ λευκόινον καὶ σούσινον ῾καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο ἐκ τῶν κρίνων̓, ἔτι δὲ τὸ σισύμβρινον καὶ ἑρπύλλινον, ἔτι δὲ κύπρινον καὶ κρόκινον: βέλτιστον δ᾽ ἐν Αἰγίνῃ καὶ Κιλικίᾳ. ἀπὸ δὲ φύλλων τὸ μύρρινον καὶ τὸ οἰνάνθινον: αὕτη δ᾽ ἐν Κύπρῳ φύεται ὀρεινὴ καὶ πολύοσμος: <ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς> ἐν [δὲ] Ἑλλάδι οὐ γίνεται διὰ τὸ ἄοσμον. ἀπὸ δὲ ῥιζῶν τό τ᾽ ἴρινον, καὶ τὸ νάρδινον, καὶ τὸ ἀμαράκινον ἐκ τοῦ κόστου.'
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ἐν Ἄθλοις φησιν ῾fr. 5 N':'
Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.
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