Note 1606 — Chapter III · VINEYARD, VINTAGE, ETC.
Reading edition
Cf. Cato, De Re Rust. 66. This clear pure oil, sometimes rendered odoriferous by perfumes, (Il. ψ. 186,) was chiefly employed in lubricating the body. Thus we find the virgin in Hesiod anointing her limbs with olive-oil to defend herself from the winter’s cold. Opp. et Dies, 519, sqq.