GALEN ON ANTIDOTES

BOOK 1

Edition Chartier Vol. 13 [869. 870.]

Edition Basel Vol. 2 (425. 426.)

...and the Gaurian wine original: ὁ Γαυριανὸς / Gauriano; a wine from the Gaurus mountain near Puteoli which is produced on the hill of Puteoli. Likewise, there is the wine produced in Naples on the hills situated below it, which is called Aminaean original: Ἀμιναῖος / Aminaeum; a highly regarded vine variety in antiquity, possibly the ancestor of some modern Italian grapes. However, this variety is thin original: λεπτός / tenue; refers to a light-bodied or watery consistency, unlike the Aminaean wines found in Sicily and Bithynia. Even if among those nations a small amount of thin and watery wine is produced, it is not inferior to the Sabine wine in Italy, or the Arsinian, Titacazenian, and what we call Tibenian wine in Asia. The latter is named Tibenian because of the region where it is cultivated, which is called Tibas.

All these wines easily change into opposite qualities, becoming either sour or bitter. In the beginning they turn sour; however, if they persist, they become bitter. The location where they are stored contributes greatly to either of these changes. At the start, a cold location is best, but later a warm one. In other cases, a sufficiently warm location is better from the start. A lukewarm original: χλιαρόν / tepida temperature easily turns them sour. If they have remained in a cold place for two or three years, they then require significant heating. They never require a lukewarm place or one with a moderate temperature. Some...