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I am not surprised, then, that for these many ages there have been invented almost innumerable varieties of artificial wines, of which I shall now make some mention ; they are all of them employed for medicinal purposes. We have already stated in a former Book how omphacium,9 which is used for unguents, is made. The liquor known as " cenanthinum " is made from the wild vine,10 two pounds of the flowers of which are steeped in a cadus of must, and are then changed at the end of thirty days. I AM NOT SURPRISED THEN THAT FOR THESE MANY AGES THERE HAVE BEEN INVENTED ALMOST INNUMERABLE VARIETIES OF ARTIFICIAL WINES OF WHICH I SHALL NOW MAKE SOME MENTION THEY ARE ALL OF THEM EMPLOYED FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES WE HAVE ALREADY STATED IN A FORMER BOOK HOW OMPHASIUM WHICH IS USED FOR UNDUENTS IS MADE THE LIQUOR KNOWN AS ENOTHENIUM IS MADE FROM THE WILD VINE TWO POUNDS OF THE FLOWERS OF WHICH ARE STEEPED IN A CADUS OF MUSK AND ARE THEN CHANGED AT THE END OF THIRTY DAYS
ed to say that Chian wine never entered his house until his physician prescribed it to him for the cardiac7 dis- ease. On the other hand, Hortensius left ten thousand casks of it to his heir." Such is the statement made by Varro. (15.) And besides, is it not a well-known fact that Caesar, when Dictator, at the banquet given on the occasion of his triumph, allotted to each table an amphora of Falernian and a cadus of Chian ? On the occasion, too, of his triumph for his victories in Spain, he put before the guests both Chian as well as Falernian ; and again, at the banquet given on his third consulship,8 he gave lalernian, Chian, Lesbian, and Mamer- tine ; indeed, it is generally agreed that this was the first occasion on which four different kinds of wine were served at table. It was after this, then, that all the other sorts came into such very high repute, somewhere about the year of the City 700. CHAP. 18. (16.) THE USES OF THE WILD VINE. WHAT JUICES AEE NATURALLY THE COLDEST OF ALL. IUS WHOM WE HAVE SEEN PRAETOR USED TO SAY THAT CAYEN WINE NEVER ENTERED HIS HOUSE UNTIL HIS PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED IT TO HIM FOR THE CARDIAC DISEASE ON THE OTHER HAND HORTENSIUS LEFT TEN THOUSAND CASKS OF IT TO HIS HEIR SUCH IS THE STATEMENT MADE BY VARRO AND BESIDES IS IT NOT A WELL KNOWN FACT THAT CAESAR WHEN DICTATOR AT THE BANQUET GIVEN ON THE OCCASION OF HIS TRIUMPH ALLOTTED TO EACH TABLE AN AMPHER OF FALARNIAN AND A CADUS OF CAYENNE ON THE OCCASION TOO OF HIS TRIUMPH FOR HIS VICTORIES IN SPAIN HE PUT BEFORE THE GUESTS BOTH CAEN AS WELL AS PHILARNIAN AND AGAIN AT THE BANQUET GIVEN ON HIS THIRD CONSULSHIP HE GAVE FELERNIAN CAYEN LESBIAN AND MAMMERTINE INDEED IT IS GENERALLY AGREED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST OCCASION ON WHICH FOUR DIFFERENT KINDS OF WINE WERE SERVED AT TABLE IT WAS AFTER THIS THEN THAT ALL THE OTHER SORTS CAME INTO SUCH VERY HIGH REPUTE SOMEWHERE ABOUT THE YEAR OF THE CITY SEVEN HUNDRED CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THE USES OF THE WILD VINE WHAT USES ARE NATURALLY THE COLDEST OF ALL
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