σὺν καὶ φοίνικος παραφυάδας ἐκκόπτοντες
ἐγκέφαλον φορέουσι νέοις ἀσπαστὸν ἔδεσμα.
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Ξενοφῶν ἐν δευτέρῳ Ἀναβάσεως γράφει τάδε: ‘ἐνταῦθα καὶ τὸν ἐγκέφαλον τοῦ φοίνικος πρῶτον ἔφαγον οἱ στρατιῶται: καὶ οἱ πολλοὶ ἐθαύμαζον τό τε εἶδος καὶ τὴν ἰδιότητα τῆς ἡδονῆς: ἦν δὲ σφόδρα καὶ τοῦτο κεφαλαλγές. ὁ δὲ φοῖνιξ, ὅταν ἐξαιρεθῇ ὁ ἐγκέφαλος, ὅλος ἐξαυαίνεται.’ Νίκανδρος Γεωργικοῖς:
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