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The History of the Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece, Volume 3 (of 3)

Note 2076 — Chapter XI · EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.

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Σμυρνίον, ὅπερ ἐν Κιλικίᾳ, πετροσέλινον καλοῦσι. Dioscor. iii. 27. From the name of this plant the island of Seriphos, according to some, derived its name: “Dicitur à Serfi Græcè, herba, Latinè, quæ ad dolorem renum salutifera hic invenitur.” Bondelmonti, Lib. Insul. Archipelag. § 25. p. 83. “È opinione che’l nome di Serfino li sia stato dato da un’ erba, che nasce quì, chiamata Serfi, ottima per guarire il mal di fianco.” Boschini, p. 32, ap. Ludov. de Sinner, Annot. in Bondelmont. p. 177.

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