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And anointing oneself with an unguent of this description, Alæus calls μυρίσασθαι, in his Palæstræ, speaking thus— Having anointed her (μυρίσασα), she shut her up In her own stead most secretly. But Aristophanes uses not μυρίσματα, but μυρώματα, in his Ecclesiazusæ, saying— I who 'm anointed (μεμύρισμαι) o'er my head with unguents (μυρώμασι). Aristoph. Eccl. 1117. There was also an unguent called sagda, which is mentioned by Eupolis in his Coraliscus, where he writes— And baccaris, and sagda too. And it is spoken of likewise by Aristophanes, in his Daitaleis; and Eupolis in his Marica says— And all his breath is redolent of sagda: which expression Nicander of Thyatira understands to be meant as an attack upon a man who is too much devoted to luxury. But Theodorus says, that sagda is a species of spice used in fumigation.
