Two harmful spiders: mainoles and chalkis
Of the same: about spiderlings. There are many kinds of spiderlings. Those able to wrong from them are two: mainoles and chalkis. To those struck by mainoles, then: four ounces of hyssop or oregano, four of roasted salt, pound and set on with honey; or cumin as much as the three fingers hold, and an equal of agnus-fruit, drench with three ounces of wine. Give also mazas and garlics, and and having taken, beneficial through the mouth lacuna.
Greek
3.28 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ· περὶ ἀραχνίων Τῶν ἀραχνίων εἴδη πολλά. Τὰ δὲ ἀπ' αὐτῶν ἀδικῆσαι δυνάμενα δύο, μαινόλης καὶ χαλκίς. Τοῖς μὲν οὖν ὑπὸ μαινόλους πληγεῖσιν ὑσσώπου ἢ ὀριγάνου ˉγˉο δʹ στατ· δʹ ἁλός τε πεφρυγμένου ἴσον λείου καὶ σὺν μέλιτι ἐπιτίθει· ἢ κύμινον ὅσον τοῖς τρισὶ δακτύλοις συνέχειν ἄγνου τε καρπὸν τὸ ἴσον μετ' οἴνου ˉγˉο γʹ ἐγχυμάτιζε. ∆ιδόναι δὲ καὶ μάζας καὶ σκόροδα καὶ † λαβῶν ἐπωφελὲς διὰ στόματος † <...>.
About this text
Julius Africanus, Cesti (Embroidered Girdles): a miscellany of history, science, and craft, in the surviving fragments — books 7, 2, and 3 in full, with parts of books 4, 8, 9, and 13, and the colophon of Cestus 18. The older English translates his letters only. The book-2 table of contents and a book-7 appendix are not in this volume.
New English from locked PG 10 / Khazarzar Greek of the Cesti fragmenta through 9.5. Earlier lemma-led scaffold English was discarded. Book-2 pinax and book-7 appendix held. This lock is exhausted.
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- Copy-text PG 10 Cesti fragmenta (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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