Note 277 — Chapter III · HARVEST FESTIVALS. The Thargelia, Kallynteria, Plynteria.
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For a full and very interesting discussion of the etymology and meaning of φαρμακός, see Osthoff, ‘Allerhand Zauber etymologisch beleuchtet,’ Bezzenberger, Beiträge XXIV. p. 109. As to the accentuation of the word φαρμακός Eustathius (1935. 15) notes that it was proparoxytone ‘among the Ionians.’