| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
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Naphtha is a substance of a similar nature [Note] (it is so called about Babylon, and in the territory of the Astaceni, in Parthia [Note]), flowing like liquid bitumen. It has a great affinity to fire, which instantly darts on it wherever it is seen [Note]. It is said, that in this way it was that Medea burned Jason's mistress; her crown having taken fire, when she approached the altar for the purpose of sacrificing [Note].
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 2.108 | Plin. Nat. 2.109 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 2.110 |
