Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.36.7

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Passage 10.36.7: Hellebore near Anticyra: black root is a purgative, white causes vomiting.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὰ δὲ ὄρη τὰ ὑπὲρ τὴν Ἀντίκυραν πετρώδη τε ἄγαν ἐστὶ καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς φύεται μάλιστα ὁ ἐλλέβορος. ὁ μὲν αὐτοῦ μέλας χωρεῖ τε ἀνθρώποις καὶ ἔστι γαστρὶ καθάρσιον, ὁ δὲ ἕτερος ὁ λευκὸς διʼ ἐμέτου καθαίρειν πέφυκε· τὸ δὲ φάρμακον τὸ ἐς τὴν κάθαρσιν ἡ τοῦ ἐλλεβόρου ῥίζα ἐστίν.

English Translation

The mountains above Anticyra are extremely rocky, and it is there especially that hellebore grows. Its black variety is suitable for human use and serves as a purgative for the stomach, whereas the other, white hellebore, causes purification through vomiting. The medicinal purging agent lies in the root of the hellebore plant.

Proper Nouns

Antikyra (Ἀντίκυρα) place Q680099 Pleiades
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