Note 2828 — BOOK XXII. THE PROPERTIES OF PLANTS AND FRUITS. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
As to the beers of the ancients, see B. xiv. c. 29. Very few particulars are known of them; but we learn from the Talmud, where it is called zeitham, that zythum was an Egyptian beverage made of barley, wild saffron, and salt, in equal parts. In the Mishna, the Jews are enjoined not to use it during the Passover.