Miscellanies · §77 · Julius Africanus

Two harmful spiders: mainoles and chalkis

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Of the same: about spiderlings. There are many kinds of spiderlings. Those able to wrong from them are two: mainoles and chalkis. To those struck by mainoles, then: four ounces of hyssop or oregano, four of roasted salt, pound and set on with honey; or cumin as much as the three fingers hold, and an equal of agnus-fruit, drench with three ounces of wine. Give also mazas and garlics, and and having taken, beneficial through the mouth [The text is damaged here.].

Greek

3.28 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ· περὶ ἀραχνίων Τῶν ἀραχνίων εἴδη πολλά. Τὰ δὲ ἀπ' αὐτῶν ἀδικῆσαι δυνάμενα δύο, μαινόλης καὶ χαλκίς. Τοῖς μὲν οὖν ὑπὸ μαινόλους πληγεῖσιν ὑσσώπου ἢ ὀριγάνου ˉγˉο δʹ στατ· δʹ ἁλός τε πεφρυγμένου ἴσον λείου καὶ σὺν μέλιτι ἐπιτίθει· ἢ κύμινον ὅσον τοῖς τρισὶ δακτύλοις συνέχειν ἄγνου τε καρπὸν τὸ ἴσον μετ' οἴνου ˉγˉο γʹ ἐγχυμάτιζε. ∆ιδόναι δὲ καὶ μάζας καὶ σκόροδα καὶ † λαβῶν ἐπωφελὲς διὰ στόματος † <...>.

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