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ἐπέτειον. H. lays stress on the ‘annual’ growth of the papyrus, because only the young shoots could be eaten; the old were too wooden. It was once so common that it is the hieroglyphic symbol of Lower Egypt; its growth was restricted later, to enhance its price (Strabo, 800), and it has now disappeared. H. only refers indirectly to its manifold uses; for these cf. 37. 3, shoes; 96. 3, sails; 7. 36, cables; v. 58. 3 n., writing material.

διαφανέϊ, ‘red-hot’; cf. iv. 73. 2, 75. 1, of the stones used in the Scythian vapour-bath; but there πυρί and ἐκ πυρός are added.

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