# Scholia et glossae in Nicandri theriaca (scholia vetera et recentiora) 180b.613

Scholia in Nicandrum, Scholia et glossae in Nicandri theriaca (scholia vetera et recentiora), Section 180b. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/scholia-in-nicandrum/scholia-et-glossae-in-nicandri-theriaca-scholia-vetera-et-recentiora/180b.613

μάντιν’ ἐνὶ ζωοῖσι: τὸν θάμνον τῆς μυρίκης ἐπίσημον μάντιν φησί. Μάγοι γὰρ καὶ Σκύθαι μυρικίνῳ μαντεύονται. Δίνων δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ τῆς τρίτης συντάξεως καὶ τοὺς μάντεις φησὶ Μήδους ῥάβδοις μαντεύεσθαι. Ἡρόδοτος δὲ ἐν τῇ τετάρτῃ καὶ ἐν πολλοῖς Σκύθας παρήγαγεν τόποις καὶ ἐν τῇ Εὐρώπῃ παρήγαγέ τινας διὰ μυρίκης μαντευομένους (IIII 67 sqq.). καὶ ἐν Λέσβῳ δὲ ὁ Ἀπόλλων μυρίκης κλάδους ἔχει· ὅθεν καὶ μυρικαῖος καλεῖται. καὶ Ἀλκαῖός φησιν ἐν τοῖς περὶ Ἀρχεανακτίδην καὶ τὸν πρὸς Ἐρυθραῖον πόλεμον φανῆναι τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα καθ’ ὕπνον ἔχοντα μυρίκης κλῶνα. καὶ Μητρόδωρος ἐν τῷ περὶ συνηθείας ἀρχαιότατον εἶναί φησι φυτὸν τὴν μυρίκην καὶ τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους ἐν τῇ τοῦ Διὸς πομπῇ ἐστεφανῶσθαι μυρίκῃ καὶ παρὰ Μήδοις τοὺς Μάγους.

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Scholia in Nicandrum, Scholia et glossae in Nicandri theriaca (scholia vetera et recentiora), ed. Otto Schneider. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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