41. Now, there is a sort of ointment called βάκκαρις by many of the comic poets; and Hipponax uses this name in the following line:— I then my nose with baccaris anointed, Redolent of crocus. And Achæus, in his Æthon, a satyric drama, says— Anointed o'er with baccaris, and dressing All his front hair with cooling fans of feathers. But Ion, in his Omphale, says— 'Tis better far to know the use of μύρα, And βάκκαρις, and Sardian ornaments, Than all the fashions in the Peloponnesus. And when he speaks of Sardian ornaments, he means to include perfumes; since the Lydians were very notorious for their luxury. And so Anacreon uses the word Λυδοπαθὴς (Lydian-like) as equivalent to ἡδυπαθὴς (luxurious). Sophocles also uses the word βάκκαρις; and Magnes, in his Lydians, says— A man should bathe, and then with baccaris Anoint himself. Perhaps, however, μύρον and βάκκαρις were not exactly the same thing; for Æschylus, in his Amymone, makes a distinction between them, and says— Your βακκάρεις and your μύρα. And Simonides says— And then with μύρον, and rich spices too, And βάκκαρις, did I anoint myself. And Aristophanes, in his Thesmophoriazusæ, says— [Sidenote: PERFUMES.] O venerable Jove! with what a scent Did that vile bag, the moment it was open'd, O'erwhelm me, full of βάκκαρις and μύρον![136] 42. Pherecrates mentions an unguent, which he calls βρένθιον, in his Trifles, saying— I stood, and order'd him to pour upon us Some brenthian unguent, that he also might Pour it on those departing. And Crates mentions what he calls royal unguent, in his Neighbours; speaking as follows:— He smelt deliciously of royal unguent. But Sappho mentions the royal and the brenthian unguent together, as if they were one and the same thing; saying— βρενθεΐῳ βασιληΐῳ, Aristophanes speaks of an unguent which he calls ψάγδης, in his Daitaleis; saying— Come, let me see what unguent I can give you: Do you like ψάγδης? And Eupolis, in his Marica, says— All his breath smells of ψάγδης. Eubulus, in his Female Garland-seller's, says— She thrice anointed with Egyptian psagdas (ψάγδανι). Polemo, in his writings addressed to Adæus, says that there is an unguent in use among the Eleans called plangonium, from having been invented by a man named Plangon. And Sosibius says the same in his Similitudes; adding, that the unguent called megallium is so named for a similar reason: for that that was invented by a Sicilian whose name was Megallus. But some say that Megallus was an Athenian: and Aristophanes mentions him in his Telmissians, and so does Pherecrates in his Petale; and Strattis, in his Medea, speaks thus:— And say that you are bringing her such unguents, As old Megallus never did compound, Nor Dinias, that great Egyptian, see, Much less possess.