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τῷ δὲ τοῦ μύρου ὀνόματι πρῶτος Ἀρχίλοχος κέχρηται λέγων ῾fr. 31 B':'
οὐκ ἂν μύροισι γραῦς ἐοῦσ᾽ ἠλείφετο.
καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ δ᾽ ἔφη ῾fr. 30':'
ἐσμυρισμένας κόμας
καὶ στῆθος, ὡς ἂν καὶ γέρων ἠράσσατο.
μύρρα γὰρ ἡ σμύρνα παρ᾽ Αἰολεῦσιν, ἐπειδὴ τὰ πολλὰ τῶν μύρων διὰ σμύρνης ἐσκευάζετο καὶ ἥ γε στακτὴ καλουμένη διὰ μόνης ταύτης. ὁ δὲ Ὅμηρος τὴν μὲν χρῆσιν οἶδε τῶν μύρων, ἔλαιον δ᾽ αὐτὰ καλεῖ μετ᾽ ἐπιθέτου:

ῥοδόεντι δ᾽ ἔχριεν ἐλαίῳ.

καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ δὲ ῾Il. 14.172' 'λέγει τι τεθυωμένον. καὶ ἡ Ἀφροδίτη δὲ παρ᾽ αὐτῷ ῾Il. 21.186' 'τὸν Ἕκτορος νεκρὸν ῥοδόεντι ἔχριεν ἐλαίῳ ἀμβροσίῳ. καὶ τοῦτο μὲν ἐξ ἀνθέων. περὶ δὲ τοῦ ἐκ τῶν ἀρωμάτων σκευαζομένου, ἃ δὴ θυώματα ἐκάλουν, ἐπὶ τῆς Ἥρας λέγει:

ἀμβροσίῃ μὲν πρῶτον ἀπὸ χροὸς ἱμερόεντος
λύματα πάντα κάθηρεν, ἀλείψατο δὲ χρόα λευκὸν
ἀμβροσίῳ ἑανῷ, τό ῥά οἱ τεθυωμένον ἦεν:
τοῦ καὶ κινυμένοιο Διὸς ποτὶ χαλκοβατὲς δῶ
ἔμπης ἐς γαῖάν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἵκετ᾽ ἀυτμή.

Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.

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