Note 700 — PHARMACOLOGIA. (continued 7)
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“Resinata bibis vina, Falerna fugis.—Martial.”
Pliny (lib: 14. c. 14.) mentions a Wine under the name of Myrrhina, which was so called on account of its being impregnated with Myrrh.
This custom explains the origin and meaning of the Thyrsus of Bacchus, which appears to have been a spear entwined with leaves or a fillet, and surmounted with a Fir cone; thus,
