Living
Book IX, 503
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Living
I was not wrong in saying that there is a divine virtue in dzzyphi. The other day at least I applied a dizyphos to one suffering from a chronic quartan ague, and he became at once as fit as a dog-tick.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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