Μῶλυ
moly
Translated by David Whitehead21 Nov 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
An antidote; or a plant which protects against drugs, namely a wild rue.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μῶλυ· ἀντιπάθιον· ἢ βοτάνη ἀλεξιφάρμακος, ἤτοι πήγανον ἄγριον.
Betacode
*mw=lu: a)ntipa/qion: h)\ bota/nh a)lecifa/rmakos, h)/toi ph/ganon a)/grion.
Notes
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon: see the references at Photius mu643 Theodoridis.
Moly famously appears in Homer, Odyssey 10.305, as the herb which Hermes gives Odysseus: black root, milk-white flower, hard to dig up (unless one is a god), and an antidote against Circe's potions (see web address 1). For later applications of the word (e.g. to garlic or rue) see LSJ s.v.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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