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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6)

Note 2108 — BOOK XXVIII. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.

John Bostock translation

Preserved by Valerius Maximus, B. viii. c. 1. Tertullian and Saint Augustin doubt the authenticity of the story. She is said to have carried water in a sieve from the river Tiber to the temple of Vesta.

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