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Βρενθείω βασιληΐω.
Of a proud (or perfumed, or flowery) palace.
Athenaeus says Sappho here mentions the 'royal' and the 'brentheian' unguent together, as if they were one and the same thing; but the reading is very uncertain.
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Ἔγω δ' ἐπὶ μαλθάκαν
τύλαν σπολέω μέλεα.
But I upon a soft cushion dispose my limbs.
From Herodian.
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