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

by James Augustus St. John

[2250]. Dioscor. ii. 11.

[2251]. Plin. Nat. Hist. viii. 59. xxx. 11.

[2252]. Strab. x. 5. t. ii. p. 392. Bentley, Dissert. on Phal. i. 169. 357, sqq. Steph. de Urb. p. 189, b. speaks of it as one of the Cyclades.

[2253]. Dapper, Description des Isles de l’Archipel. p. 185.

[2254]. Cf. Oppian. Cyneg. i. 170. where he celebrates the horses of Crete. In a former chapter I have spoken of a breed of wild asses said to be found in modern times in the island of Cythera or Cerigo. It is Cerigotto, however, that is celebrated by Buondelmonti, for its asses, § 10. p. 65. But Boschini, whom Dapper perhaps follows (Descript. des Isles de l’Archipel. p. 378), restores the animals to Cerigo: “ha gran quantita d’Asini’ salvatichi ch’ hanno una certa pietra in la testa, che vale contro il mal caduco; e facilita il parto alle donne.” L’Arcipelago, p. 6. Venezia, 1658. 4^o.

[2255]. Winkel. Hist. de l’Art. t. i. p. 41.

[2256]. Theoph. Hist. Plant. viii. 10. 7.

[2257]. Casaub. ad Theoph. Char. p. 331.

[2258]. Athen. 1. 6.

[2259]. Athen. i. 49. vii. 45.