From this city were likewise obtained the sheep that produced the celebrated fleeces, together with water-cresses,[[2098]] roses,[[2099]] rich tapestry, soft beds,[[2100]] and cypress wood;[[2101]] chestnuts, eunuchs, and fine scarlet cloths, with richly-figured carpets of double pile, were also brought from Sardis.[[2102]] The wines of Asia Minor in most estimation were those of Ephesos, Miletos,[[2103]] Phygela, Armata, Clazomenè,[[2104]] and that denominated Catakekaumenitis.[[2105]] Physicians condemned those of Mount Tmolos as generative of headache. Ephesos exported tents and jewellery;[[2106]] Miletos sea wolves[[2107]] and cockles; Smyrna squills; and Patara, in Lycia, seems to have been famous for its gilded sandals.[[2108]] The same country, likewise, supplied hams of a superior quality.[[2109]]
[1751]. Observing the plenty and prosperity always found in free states, Sir Josiah Child observes, that good laws are sufficient of themselves to render any region fertile. Discourse of Trade, p. 24. Among the best productions of Attica was its barley, though I nowhere remember to have seen it said that it was exported: Ἀθήνῃσι δ᾽οὖν αἱ κριθαὶ τὰ πλεῖστα ποιοῦσι τὰ ἄλφιτα· κριθοφόρος γὰρ ἀρίστη. Theoph. Hist. Plant. viii. 8. 2.
[1752]. Εὐδόκιμα δὲ, θώραξ Ἀττικουργὴς. Poll. i. 149.
[1753]. Ἕνιοι μέντοι τοὺς ποικίλους καὶ τοὺς ἐπιχρύσους θώρακας μᾶλλον ὠνοῦνται. Xenoph. Memor. iii. 10. 14.
[1754]. Μύρον ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν. ap. Athen. i. 49.
[1755]. Τὸ δὲ Παναθηναϊκὸν λεγόμενον ἐν Ἀθήναις. Athen. xv. 38.
[1756]. Μέλι πρωτέυει τὸ Ἀττικὸν, καὶ τούτου τὸ Ὑμήττιον καλούμενον. Dioscor. ii. 101. Strab. ix. 1. t. ii. p. 246. Geopon. vii. 17. viii. 25. 1. Ἄριστον μέλι τὸ Ἀττικὸν, καὶ τοῦ Ἀττικοῦ τὸ Ὑμήττιον. Diophan. ap. Geopon. xv. 7. 1. Plin. Nat. Hist. xi. 13. xxi. 10. Galen. de Antidot. i. 2. Virg. Georg. iv. 177. Tzetz. Chil. vii. 93. xi. 370. Synes. Epist. 147. Eustath. ad Dion. Perieg. 530.
[1757]. Petit, de Legg. Att. v. 5, p. 417. Æschin. Epist. 5. Orat. Att. xii. p. 305. Geopon. ix. 1. 1. Theoph. Hist. Plant. iv. 14.
[1758]. Schol. Aristoph. Acharn. 767.