Aristophanes in
Wealth [writes]: "you would not even give me Battos' silphium".[1] [This refers to] the [plant] in Libya, which
cures many ailments; it is sweet-smelling and very expensive. For Battos founded Cyrene.[2]
*ba/ttou si/lfion: *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: ou)d' a)\n doi/hs ge/ moi kai\ to\ *ba/ttou si/lfion. to\ e)n th=| *libu/h|, o(\ qerapeu/ei polla/: h(du/osmo/n e)sti kai\ polu/timon. *ba/ttos ga\r th\n *kurh/nhn kti/zei.
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