BOOK I 



wines not permissible to use at sacrifices ; substances 

 used to flavour must — pitch, resins. (xxvi f.) Wine- 

 jars, vinegar, lees, cellars. (xxviii f.) Intoxication ; 

 drinks made from water and fruit can be as potent as 

 wine. Total : 510 facts, investigations and observa- 

 tions. 



Authorities: Cornelius Valerian, Virgil, Celsus, 

 Cato the Censor, Saserna senior, Saserna junior, 

 Scrofa, Marcus Varro, Decius Silanus, Fabius Pictor, 

 Trogus, Hyginus, Verrius Flaccus, Graecinus, Julius 

 Atticus, Columella, Masurius Sabinus, Fenestella, 

 Tergilla, Maccius Plautus, Fabius Dossennus, Scaev- 

 ola, Lucius Aelius, Ateius Capito, Cotta Messalinus, 

 Lucius Piso, Pompeius Lenaeus, Fabianus, Sextius 

 Niger, Vibius Rufinus. Foreign authorities : Hesiod, 

 Theophrastus, Aristotle, Democritus, King Hiero, 

 King Attalus, King Philometor, Archytas, Xeno- 

 phon, Amphilochus of Athens, Anaxipolis of Thasos, 

 Apollodorus of Lemnos, Aristophanes of Miletus, 

 Antigonus of Cumae, Agathocles of Chios, Apollo- 

 nius of Pergamum, Aristander of Athens, Bacchius of 

 Miletus, Bion of SoH, Chaereas of Athens, Chaeristus 

 ditto, Diodorus of Priene, Dinon of Colophon, 

 Epigenes of Rhodes, Evagon of Thasos, Euphronius 

 of Athens, Androtion On Agriculture, Aeschrion ditto, 

 Lysimachus ditto, Dionysius's translation of Mago, 

 Diophanes's Epitome of Dionysius, the medical writers 

 Asclepiades and Erasistratus, treatises on The Making 

 of JVine by Commiades, Aristomachus and Hicesius, 

 Themiso on medicine, Onesicritus, King Juba. 



Book XV^. Contents: Fruit-bearing trees, their 

 various natures. (i-viii) The oUve tree — how long 

 was it grown only in Greece ; when first introduced 

 into Italy, Spain, Africa; olive-oil, its kinds and 



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