I have a graduate student working on spices in the ancient world. Expect random posts this semester.
Hesychius
“Skilla: skammônia, it brings death to mice.”
σκίλλα· σκαμμωνία, θανατηφόρος μυῶν
Suda
“Skammônia: a type of plant.”
Σκαμμωνία: εἶδος βοτάνης.
Galen De Theriaca ad Pisonem 14.223
“just as scammony appears to treat yellow bile”
ὥσπερ ἡ σκαμμωνία ξανθὴν χολὴν ἕλκουσα φαίνεται.
Aetius, Med. 3.25.2
“Scammony: Scammony especially treats yellow bile. But it causes cardiac distress, a bad smell, melancholy, and it makes people really thirsty,”
῀Σκαμμωνία. ῾Η δὲ ϲκαμμωνία ἄγει μάλιϲτα χολὴν ξανθήν· καρδιαλγὴϲ δέ ἐϲτι καὶ δύϲοϲμοϲ καὶ ἀτερπὴϲ καὶ ἄγαν διψώδηϲ.
