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,1s applied. The Eretrian unguent is made from 

 the root of kypeiron, 1 which is obtained from the 

 Cyclades as well as from Euboea. From wood is 

 made what is called ' palm-perfume ' : for they put 

 in what is called the ' spathe/ 2 having first dried 

 it. From fruits are made the quince-perfume, the 

 myrtle, and the bay. The ( Egyptian ' is made 

 from several ingredients, including cinnamon and 

 myrrh. 



Again from several parts of the plant is made the 

 perfume called niegaleion? which is made from 

 cinnamon and . . . . 4 and from the myrrh when 

 it is bruised flows an oil : it is in fact called 

 stakte 5 (in drops) because it comes in drops slowly. 

 Some indeed say that this is the only simple un- 

 compounded perfume, and that all the others are 

 compound, though made from a larger or smaller 

 number of ingredients, and that iris-perfume is 

 made from the smallest number of all. Some 

 assert this, but others declare that the manufacture 

 of stakte (myrrh-oil) is as follows : having bruised the 

 myrrh and dissolved it in oil of balanos over a gentle 

 fire, they pour hot water 011 it : and the myrrh and 

 oil sink to the bottom like a deposit ; and, as soon 

 as this has occurred, they strain off the water and 

 squeeze the sediment in a press. 



Megaleio?i, these authorities say, is compounded of 

 burnt resin 6 and oil of balanos, with which are mixed 

 cassia cinnamon and myrrh. They add that this 

 perfume and the Egyptian are the most troublesome 



4 The end of the account of megaJeion and the beginning of 

 that of myrrh-perfume seem to be missing. ? Supply ot 

 Kaffias ital cr/uvpi'Tjy. 



5 cf. H.P. 9. 4. 10. 6 cf. Plin. 13. 7. 



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