The History of the Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece, Volume 3 (of 3)

by James Augustus St. John

[725]. Id. v. 125.

[726]. Id. ii. 77.

[727]. Ear-picks were commonly of olive-wood. Poll. ii. 102.

[728]. Dioscor. i. 89.

[729]. Ἐὰν τις ἑψήσας ἐν ζωμῷ ἢ ἐν ἄλλῳ τινὶ τὸ ἔξωθεν τοῦ μήλου ἐκπιέση εἰς τὸ στόμα καὶ καταροφήση, ποιεῖ τὴν ὀσμὴν ἡδεῖαν Theoph. Hist. Plant. iv. 4. 2. Dioscor. i. 166.

[730]. Dioscor. i. 64.

[731]. Id. i. 179.

[732]. Plut. Nic. § 30.

[733]. These irons were heated in the ashes. Pignor. de Servis, p. 194. Cf. Poll. ii. 31.

[734]. Luc. adv. Indoct. § 29. In Asia Minor, where numbers of ancient customs still linger, congealed blood is often used for shaving instead of soap. Chandler, i. 96. Can this practice plead a classical origin?