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οἶδε δὲ καὶ τὴν <τοῦ> χλιαροῦ φύσιν πρὸς τὰ τραύματα. τὸν γοῦν Εὐρύπυλον ῾Il. 11.830' 'τρωθέντα ἐκ τούτου καταιονᾷ: καίτοι εἰ ἐπισχεῖν ἔδει τὴν αἱμορραγίαν, τὸ ψυχρὸν ἐπιτήδειον ἦν συστρέφον καὶ συσφίγγον. εἰς δὲ τὸ παρηγορῆσαι τὰς ὀδύνας τῷ θερμῷ ἐπαιονᾷ θέλγειν δυναμένῳ. ἐστὶ δὲ παρ᾽ αὐτῷ τὸ λιαρὸν θερμόν. ἐναργῶς δὲ τοῦτο δείκνυσιν ἐν τῷ περὶ τῶν Σκαμάνδρου πηγῶν: Il. 23.149
ἣ μὲν γάρ, φησίν, ὕδατι λιαρῷ ῥέει, ἀμφὶ δὲ καπνὸς
γίνεται ἐξ αὐτῆς ὡσεὶ πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο.
ἆρά γε τοῦτο λιαρόν ἐστιν ἀφ᾽ οὗ πυρὸς ἀτμὶς καὶ καπνὸς ἔμπυρος ἀναφέρεται; περὶ δὲ τῆς ἑτέρας πηγῆς λέγει ὡς θέρους
ῥέει εἰκυῖα χαλάζῃ
ἢ χιόνι ψυχρῇ ἢ ἐξ ὕδατος κρυστάλλῳ.
εἰωθὼς δὲ λέγειν καὶ τοὺς νεοτρώτους θερμῷ περιρρεῖσθαι αἵματι ἐπὶ μὲν Ἀγαμέμνονός φησιν:

ὄφρα οἱ αἷμ᾽ <ἔτι> θερμὸν ἀνήνοθεν ἐξ ὠτειλῆς.

ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ φεύγοντος μετὰ τὸ βληθῆναι ἐλάφου μεταφράζων φησίν:

ὄφρ᾽ αἷμα λιαρὸν καὶ γούνατ᾽ ὀρώρῃ.

Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ μετάκερας καλοῦσι τὸ χλιαρόν, ὡς Ἐρατοσθένης φησίν.

ὑδαρῆ φησὶ καὶ μετάκερας.

Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.

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