Dioscor. iii. 25. Footnote 747: Id. i. 77. Footnote 748: Id. i. 140. Footnote 749: This fact is mentioned in a very curious passage of the treatise De Generatione Animalium, v. 5: Ὅτι δὲ γίγνεται ἡ πολιὰ σήψει τινὶ, καὶ ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν (ὥσπερ οἴονταί τινες) αὔανσις, σημεῖον τοῦ προτέρου ῥηθέντος, τὸ τὰς σκεπαζομένας τρίχας πίλοις ἢ καλύμμασι, πολιοῦσθαι θᾶττον· (τὰ γὰρ πνεύματα κωλύει τὴν σῆψιν· ἡ δὲ σκέπη ἄπνοιαν ποιεῖ) καὶ τὸ βοηθεῖν τὴν ἄλειψιν τοῦ ὕδατος καὶ τοῦ ἐλαίου μιγνυμένων Τὸ μὲν γὰρ ὕδωρ, ψύχει· τὸ δὲ ἔλαιον μιγνύμενον, κωλύει ξηραίνεσθαι ταχέως. Τὸ γὰρ ὕδωρ εὐξήραντον. Footnote 750: Dioscor. ii. 11. Footnote 751: Id. ii. 146. Footnote 752: Id. ii. 21. Footnote 753: Id. ii. 199. Footnote 754: Id. ii. 28. Footnote 755: Id. ii. 46. Footnote 756: Id. v. 168. Footnote 757: Id. v. 136. Footnote 758: Id. i. 178. Footnote 759: Id. i. 96. Footnote 760: Id. i. 96. Footnote 761: Sch. Aristoph. Acharn. 157. Footnote 762: Dioscor. iv. 110. Footnote 763: Id. ii. 16. Footnote 764: Δρυοπτερὶς, Dioscor. iv. 189. Footnote 765: Dioscor. v. 1. Footnote 766: Id. v. 121. Footnote 767: Id. v. 129. Footnote 768: Id. v. 127. Footnote 769: Id. iv. 170. ----- To dye tresses auburn,[770] a colour much admired by the Greeks, they pounded a quantity of the leaves of eastern privet[771] in a mortar, and then steeping it in the juice of fuller’s-herb, applied the preparation to the hair. The same effect was produced by a decoction of lotus stems,[772] or of the herb lycion.[773] As black hair, however, obtained the preference of the majority, partly[774] perhaps because it better suited their complexions, the number of recipes for giving it that hue is very great. Among the most remarkable substances employed for this purpose we may mention the ampelitis,[775] a black earth imported from Seleucia, in Syria, and the sory,[776] a mineral found chiefly in Egypt. To these may be added decoctions of wood-blade,[777] myrtle, and myrtle-berries,[778] ivy,[779] and dwarf-elder berries,[780] sage,[781] mulberries,[782] and palm-spathæ,[783] as also cypress cones, boiled in vinegar.[784] There prevailed an opinion in Italy[785] that the birds which fed on the berries of the smilax or yew-tree became black, though we do not find, that the barbers had thought of introducing them among the hair dyes. ----- Footnote 770: Poll. v. 102. ii. 37. Plat. De Rep. vi. 87. Footnote 771: Κύπρος. Dioscor. i. 124. Footnote 772: Dioscor. i. 171. Footnote 773: Id. i. 132. Footnote 774: Luc. Dial. Meret. xi. § 3. Footnote 775: Dioscor. v. 181. Footnote 776: Id. v. 119. Footnote 777: Φλόμος. Dioscor. iv. 104. Theoph. Hist. Plant. ix. 123. Footnote 778: Dioscor. i. 155. v. 37. Footnote 779: Dioscor. ii. 210. Footnote 780: Χαμαιάκτης καρποὶ. Dioscor. iv. 175. Footnote 781: Dioscor. iii. 40. Footnote 782: Id. i. 180. Footnote 783: