Id. ii. 181. Footnote 712: Id. ii. 107. Footnote 713: Id. i. 101. Footnote 714: Id. i. 176. Footnote 715: Id. iv. 183. From the roots of the wild vine, also, a kind of paste was prepared, which was thought to cleanse the skin, and remove pimples and freckles. Theoph. Hist. Plant. ix. 20. 3. Footnote 716: Dioscor. iii. 116. Footnote 717: Id. ii. 55. Footnote 718: Id. ii. 93. Footnote 719: Id. i. 6. Footnote 720: Id. i. 130. Footnote 721: These pastilles (τροχίσκοι) were about three oboloi in weight, and the purpose for which they were worn is thus stated by Dioscorides:—χρῆσις δὲ αὐτων ἐστιν, ἐπὶ γυναικῶν περιτιθεμένων τῳ τραχήλῳ ἀντὶ ὁρμῶν, ἀμβλυνουσῶν τὴν τῶν ἱδρώτων δυσωδίαν. i. 131. ----- The dentifrices[722] of the Greeks consisted chiefly of the purple fish, burnt with salt, and reduced to powder;[723] the Arabic stone,[724] calcined in like manner; and pumice-stone.[725] Asses’ milk was used as a gargle to preserve the teeth.[726] The toothpicks[727] most commonly used were small slips of cane, or green branches of the lentiscus,[728] the ashes of which were likewise mingled with all kinds of tooth-powder. The citron,[729] eaten as a remedy for longing, was thought to render the breath sweet. There was a kind of ointment prepared of saffron, which, mingled with water, they employed to restore brilliance to eyes which had lost their colour.[730] A pomatum, composed of oil and the husks of filbert-nuts burnt and reduced to powder, was used in infancy to change blue eyes into black.[731] ----- Footnote 722: Lucian. Amor. § 39. The beauty, however, of the Grecian ladies’ teeth was remarkable. Luc. Imag. § 9. False teeth were fastened in with gold wire. Rhet. Præcept. § 24. Footnote 723: Dioscor. ii. 4. Footnote 724: Id. v. 149. Footnote 725: Id. v. 125. Footnote 726: Id. ii. 77. Footnote 727: Ear-picks were commonly of olive-wood. Poll. ii. 102. Footnote 728: Dioscor. i. 89. Footnote 729: Ἐὰν τις ἑψήσας ἐν ζωμῷ ἢ ἐν ἄλλῳ τινὶ τὸ ἔξωθεν τοῦ μήλου ἐκπιέση εἰς τὸ στόμα καὶ καταροφήση, ποιεῖ τὴν ὀσμὴν ἡδεῖαν Theoph. Hist. Plant. iv. 4. 2. Dioscor. i. 166. Footnote 730: Dioscor. i. 64. Footnote 731: Id. i. 179. -----