| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 31.34 | Plin. Nat. 31.35 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 31.36 |
There is also a composition made to ripen for use, known as "thalassomeli," [Note] and prepared with equal parts of sea-water, honey, and rain-water. For this purpose, also, the water is brought from out at sea, and the preparation is kept in an earthen vessel well pitched. It acts most efficiently as a purgative, and without in the least fatiguing the stomach; the taste, too, and smell of it, are very agreeable.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 31.34 | Plin. Nat. 31.35 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 31.36 |
