De Natura Animalium 4.17
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Literature: prose See all items with this value
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2nd century CE See all items with this value
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De Natura Animalium 4.17
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καὶ ἡ λύγξ δὲ ἀποκρύπτει τὸ οὖρον· ὅταν γὰρ παγῇ, λίθος γίνεται, καὶ γλυφαῖς ἐπιτήδειός ἐστι, καὶ τοῖς γυναικείοις κόσμοις συμμάχεται, φασίν
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Women
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Visual Work: Jewellery See all items with this value
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Jewellery, specifically tourmaline or zircon (which Aelian says is made of hardened lynx urine)
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A01946
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