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Ἀσφόδελος
asphodel
… in famines during his own time, was barely edible. However,
Theophrastus,
who was less fussy than Galen, praised [in Enquiry into Plants 7.12-13] the utility of asphodel, saying that its stalk was edible when …
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Ἀσφόδελος
asphodel
… Same material in Pausanias the Atticist and other lexica. [1]
Theophrastus,
Enquiry into Plants 7.13.4. [2] Hesiod, Works and Days 41 (web address 1). [2] Homer, Odyssey 11.538 (web address 2).
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Κλήθρη
alder
… species, Alnus glutinosa [1] Epic/Ionic form (Attic klh/qra, in e.g.
Theophrastus),
attested in Homer (Odyssey).
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Κύπειρον
galingale
… epic (as eaten by horses) and other poetry, and by
Theophrastus.
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