Philyllius says-- Eggs, nuts, almonds. And Heracleon the Ephesian writes--"They called almonds κάρυα, and chestnuts, which we now call καστάνεια." The tree itself is called κάρυα by Sophocles, who says-- (κάρυαι,) _nut-trees_ and ash-trees. And Eubulus speaks of Beeches, nut-trees, Carystian nuts. There are some kinds of nuts, too, which are called μόστηνα. 39. With respect to Almonds.--The Naxian almonds are mentioned by the ancient writers; and those in the island of Naxos are superior to all others, as I am well persuaded. Phrynichus says-- He knock'd out all my grinders, so that now A Naxian almond I can hardly crack. The almonds in the island of Cyprus also are very excellent, and in comparison of those which come from other quarters, they are very long, and slightly bent at the end. And Seleucus in his Dictionary says, that the Lacedæmonians call soft nuts μύκηροι. And the Servians give that name to sweet nuts. But Arnexias says that it is the almond which is called μύκηρος. We may add, there is nothing which is a greater provocative of drinking than almonds when eaten before meals. Eupolis says in his Taxiarchs-- Give me some Naxian almonds to regale me, And from the Naxian vines some wine to drink. For there was a vine called the Naxian vine. And Plutarch of Chæronea says, that there was in the retinue of Drusus the son of Tiberius Cæsar, a certain physician who surpassed all men in drinking, and who was detected in always eating five or six bitter almonds before he drank. But when he was prevented from eating them he was not able to stand even a very limited quantity of wine; and the cause of this was the great power of the bitterness of the almond, which is of a very drying nature, and which has the quality of expelling moisture. Herodian of Alexandria says, that almonds derive the name of ἀμύγδαλαι, because beneath their green bark they have many ἀμυχαὶ, or lacerations. Philemon says somewhere or other-- You, like an ass, come to the husks of the dessert; and Nicander, in the second book of his Georgics, says-- Beech-trees, the ornament of Pan. We also find the word ἀμύγδαλον in the neuter gender. Diphilus says-- "Sweetmeats, myrtle-berries, cheese-cakes, almonds," using the neuter ἀμύγδαλα. 40. Now with respect to the pronunciation and accent of the word ἀμυγδάλη, Pamphilus thinks that there ought to be a grave accent when it means the fruit, as it is in the case of ἀμύγδαλον. But he wants to circumflex the word when it means the tree, thus, ἀμυγδαλῆ like ῥοδῆ. And Archilochus says-- The lovely flower of the rose-tree (ῥοδῆς). But Aristarchus marks the word, whether it means the fruit or the tree, with an acute accent indifferently; while Philoxenus would circumflex the word in either sense. Eupolis says-- You'll ruin me, I swear it by the almond. Aristophanes says-- _A._ Come, now, take these almonds, And break them