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The Greek Romances of Heliodorus, Longus and Achilles Tatius

Note 7 — BOOK IV.

Rowland Smith translation

According to the Commentators, it is the καρυόφυλλον, or clove-tree, which produces this wonderful effect upon the elephant, making his breath

"Like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour."—Twelfth Night.

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