Madder (Greek: eruthrodanon; Rubia tinctorum L.): Nearkhos, Thaïs.
Maidenhair (Greek: adianton and polutrikhon; Adiantum capillus-veneris L. or Asplenium adiantum-
nigrum L.; cf. Fer n): He ̄ra ̄s, Orestinos.
Mallow (Greek: malakhe ̄; Malva silvestris L.): Olumpias, Papyrus Laur. Inv. 68.
Mandrake (Greek: mandragoras; Mandragora officinarum L.): Abaskantos, Aelius Promotus,
Alexander Sophiste ̄s, Antiokhos Paccius, pseudo-Apuleius, Arbinas, Aristokle ̄s,
Dioskouride ̄s of Anazarbos, Domitius Nigrinus, Epainete ̄s, Erasistratos of Sikuo ̄n,
Euskhe ̄mos, Flauianus of Crete, Florus, He ̄ro ̄n (Med.), Iulius Bassus, Kharixene ̄s,
Krateros, Moskhio ̄n (Pharm.), Nikolaos (Pharm.), Nikostratos (Pharm.), Philoxenos,
Ptolemaios (Pharm.), Rufus of Ephesos, Silo, Terentius Valens.
Marjoram (Greek: sampsukhon; Origanum majorana L.): Antimakhos, pseudo-De ̄mokritos
(Medicine), Marcellus (Pharm.), Numius, Philokle ̄s, Polle ̄s.
Meadow Saffron: (see Autumn Crocus)
Melilot (Greek: melilo ̄ton; Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pall. or perhaps Trigonella corniculata L.):
Eue ̄nos.
Me ̄on (Greek; Meum athamanticum Jacq.): Aristokle ̄s (Pharm.).
Millet (Greek: kenkhros; Panicum miliaceum L.): Glaukos (Geog. II).
Mint (Greek: he ̄duosmon and minthe ̄; various Mentha L. species; cf. Calamint): Nikome ̄de ̄s IV
of Bithunia, Sabinius Tiro, Seuerus Iatrosophista, Timokrate ̄s.
Mistletoe (Greek: ixos; Loranthus europaeus Jacq. and Viscum album L. [rarely on oak]):
Apollodo ̄ros of Kition, Apollodo ̄ros of Taras, Apollophane ̄s of Seleukeia.
Mistletoe, Oak: Idios, Minucianus, Nikome ̄de ̄s IV of Bithunia, Proëkhios.
Mithridatia (Latin; perhaps Erythronium dens-canis L.): Krateuas, Mithradate ̄s VI.
Moon-trefoil (Greek: kutisos; Medicago arborea L.): Amphilokhos of Athens, Aristomakhos of
Soloi.
Mullein (Latin: bugillo; Verbascum thapsus L.): Iustus the Pharmacologist.
Mushroom (Greek: muke ̄s): Epainete ̄s, Euteknios, Phainias.
“Musian”: (see Beech)
Must (Greek: gleukinon and gluku; Latin: sapa; pressed grapes: cf. Vine): Antimakhos,
Aphrodisis, Harpalos (Pharm.), Harpokratio ̄n, Kimo ̄n, Laodikos, Lusias, Papyrus Laur.
Inv. 68, Prutanis, Timo ̄n.
Mustard (Greek: napu and sinapi; Latin: sinapi; Brassica nigra Koch and Sinapis alba L.):
Ianuarinus, Pantainos, Podanite ̄s.
Mustax (Latin; type of Laurel): Pompeius Lenaeus.
Myrrh (Greek: smurne ̄; Commiphora myrrha Arn.): Abaskantos, Aelius Gallus, Agape ̄tós,
Akhilla ̄s, Alkimio ̄n, Ambrosios of Puteoli, Amuthao ̄n, Andro ̄n, Andronikos (Pharm.),
Anthaios Sextilius, Antiokhos Paccius, Aphroda ̄s, Aphrodisis, Aphros, Apollinarios
(Pharm.), Apollo ̄nios Claudius, Apollo ̄nios of Alexandria “Mus,” Apollophane ̄s
of Seleukeia, Apuleius Celsus, pseudo-Apuleius, Aquila Secundilla, Aristokle ̄s,
Aristokrate ̄s, Arkhelaos (of He ̄rakleia Salbake ̄?), Arrabaios, Artemo ̄n (Med.), Asterios,
Athe ̄nio ̄n, Attalos III of Pergamon, Bathullos, Blastos, Candidus, Castus, Celer the
Centurion, Cornelius, Damonikos, Dasius, Diagoras of Cyprus, Diome ̄de ̄s, Dio ̄n
(Med.), Dionusios of Samos, Diophantos of Lukia, Emboularkhos, Epaphroditos of
Carthage, Epigonos, Epikouros, Euangeus, Eude ̄mos “the Elder,” Euelpide ̄s, Eue ̄nos,
Eugamios, Euge ̄rasia, Euskhe ̄mos, Florus, Gennadios, Glauko ̄n/Glaukos (Med.),
Hagnodike ̄, Harpalos (Pharm.), Harpokra ̄s, Harpokratio ̄n, He ̄ra ̄s, Hermeias
(Ophthalm.), Hermolaos (Pharm.), Hermo ̄n, Hierax, Hippokratic Corpus Surgery,
INDEX OF PLANTS