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But here I want to know what this trefoil is; for there is a poem attributed to Demarete, which is called The Trefoil. And also, in the poem which is entitled The Good Men, Pherecrates or Strattis, whichever is the author, says— And having bathed before the heat of day, Some crown their head and some anoint their bodies. And he speaks of thyme, and of cosmosandalum. And Cratinus, in his Effeminate Persons, says— Joyful now I crown my head With every kind of flower; λείρια, roses, κρίνα too, And cosmosandala, And violets, and fragrant thyme, And spring anemones, Ground thyme, crocus, hyacinths, And buds of helichryse, Shoots of the vine, anthryscum too, And lovely hemerocalles. * * * * * * My head is likewise shaded With evergreen melilotus; And of its own accord there comes The flowery cytisus.
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Formerly the entrance of garlands and perfumes into the banqueting rooms, used to herald the approach of the second course, as we may learn from Nicostratus in his Pseudostigmatias, where, in the following lines, he says— And you too, Be sure and have the second course quite neat; Adorn it with all kinds of rich confections, Perfumes, and garlands, aye, and frankincense, And girls to play the flute.
