246 pliny's natural history. [Book XIV. 



Sicyon, 21 Cyprus/ 22 Telmessus, 23 Tripolis, 24 Berytus, 25 Tyre, 26 

 and Sebennys ; this last is grown in Egypt, being the produce 

 of three varieties of grape of the very highest quality, known 

 as the Thasian, 27 the sethalus, 28 and the peuce. 29 Next in 

 rank are the hippodamantian 30 wine, the Mystic, 31 the can- 

 tharite, 32 the protropum 33 of Cnidos, the wine of the catace- 

 caumene, 34 the Petritan, 35 and the Myconian; 36 as to the 

 Mesogitic, 37 it has been found to give head-ache, while that of 

 Ephesus is far from wholesome, being seasoned with sea-water 

 and defrutum. 38 It is said that the wine of Apamea 39 is re- 

 markably well adapted for making mulsum, 40 like that of Prae- 

 tutia in Italy : for this is a quality peculiar to only certain 

 kinds of wine, the mixture of two sweet liquids being in 



21 Bacchus had a temple there. 



22 The wines of Cyprus are the most choice of all the Grecian wines at 

 the present day. 23 In Lycia. 



24 In Syria. "Wine is no longer made there, but the grapes are excel- 

 lent, and are dried for raisins. 



25 Now Beyrout. It does not seem that wine is made there now. The 

 Mahometan religion may have tended to the extinction of many of these 

 wines. 



26 At the village of Sour, on the site of ancient Tyre, the grape is only 

 cultivated for raisins. 



27 See also c. 22 : probably introduced from Thasos. 



28 The "smoky" grape. 29 The "pitchy" grape. 



80 A strong wine, Hardouin thinks, from whence its name — "strong 

 enough to subdue a horse." 



31 From the small island of Mystus, near Cephallenia. 



82 So called from the vine the name of which was " canthareus." 



33 Made, as already stated, from the juice that flowed spontaneously from 

 the grapes. See also p. 250. 



34 Or the "burnt up" country, a volcanic district of Mysia, which still 

 retains its ancient fame for its wine. Virgil alludes to this wine in 

 Georg. iv. 1. 380 :— 



— Cape Mseonii carchesia Bacchi. 



35 Perhaps from Petra in Arabia : though Fee suggests Petra in the 

 Balearic Islands. 



36 See B. iv. c. 22. In the island of Myconos in the Archipelago an ex- 

 cellent wine is still grown. 



37 From Mount Mesogis, which divides the tributaries of the Cayster 

 from those of the Meander. It is generally considered the same as the 

 Tmolites. 



38 Must or grape-juice boiled down to one half. 

 » See B. v. c. 29. 



40 " Mulsum," or honied wine, was of two kinds ; honey mixed with 

 wine, and honey mixed with must or grape-juice. 



