O'erwhelm me, full of βάκκαρις and μύρον![136]
42. Pherecrates mentions an unguent, which he calls βρένθιον, in his Trifles, saying—
I stood, and order'd him to pour upon us
Some brenthian unguent, that he also might
Pour it on those departing.
And Crates mentions what he calls royal unguent, in his Neighbours; speaking as follows:—
He smelt deliciously of royal unguent.
But Sappho mentions the royal and the brenthian unguent together, as if they were one and the same thing; saying—
βρενθεΐῳ βασιληΐῳ,
Aristophanes speaks of an unguent which he calls ψάγδης, in his Daitaleis; saying—