Note 507 — Chapter I · FLAX.
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L. v. 5. § 2.
Others commend Byssus on account of its whiteness. See Philo. Apoc. xix. 14. Themistius (Orat. p. 57. ed. Paris, 1684. p. 68. ed. Dindorfii, Lips. 1832.) saw at Antioch “ancient letters wrapt in white Byssus.” These, he says, were brought from Susa and Ecbatana.