Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
<<Plin. Nat. 27.74 | Plin. Nat. 27.75 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 27.76 |
There grows near running streams, a dry, white moss, [Note] upon ordinary stones. One of these stones, with the addition of human saliva, is rubbed against another; after which the first stone is used for touching impetigo, [Note] the party so doing uttering these words:— φεύγετε χανθαρίδες, λύχος ἄγριος αἷμα διώχει. "Cantharides [Note] begone, a wild wolf seeks your blood." [Note]
Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
<<Plin. Nat. 27.74 | Plin. Nat. 27.75 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 27.76 |