Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league
Cheered with the grateful smell, old Ocean smiles.
Diodorus Siculus, L. III. c. 45.
Θεια γαρ τις φαινεται και λογου κρειττων ἡ προς πιπτουσα και κινοῦσα τας εκαστων αισθησεις εοωδια. Και γαρ τους παρα πλεοντας, καιπερ πολυ της χερσου κεχωρισμενους, ουκ αμοιρους ποιει της τοιαυτης απολαυσεως—κατα γαρ την εαρινην ωραν, οταν αμενος απογειος· γενηται, συμβαινει τας απο των σμυρνοφορων δενδρων και των αλλων των τοιαυτων αποπνεομενας εοωδιαδ διικνεισθαι προς τα πλησιον μερη της θαλαττης.
For the variety of fragrances which here is perpetually exhaled seems somewhat divine, and beyond the power of description; for they who are sailing by, although at a considerable distance from the coast, cannot be insensible of this delight; for in the season of Spring, when the wind blows from the land, it brings with it to the contiguous parts of the sea, the sweet fragrance of myrrh, and other aromatic shrubs.
One more resemblance shall suffice.
Book VII. v. 438.
The swan with arched neck
Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows