The Extant Works of Macrobius, Vol. 2 (1848) - Page 25


§ 12 sqq.	why eunuchs have shrill voices,
c. 11.	why those who are ashamed blush,
§ 6.	why those who rejoice [do what they do],
§ 7 sqq.	why those who fear turn pale,
c. 12.	why bacon is preserved for a long time by adding salt,
§ 6 sq.	why clarified wine is more vigorous in strength but weaker in lasting,
§ 8.	why the dregs of honey do not settle at the bottom,
§ 9 sq.	why the freshest honey and the oldest wine are best,
§ 11 sq.	why wine spoils in half-full vessels but oil becomes sweeter,
§ 13.	why Hesiod says that when the middle of a jar is reached, one should be sparing,
§ 14 sqq.	why oil is best at the top, wine in the middle, and honey at the bottom,
§ 17.	why the same drink seems stronger to one who is fasting,
§ 18 sq.	why one who drinks while hungry alleviates hunger, but one who drinks while thirsty kindles thirst,
§ 20.	why there is greater pleasure in quenching thirst than hunger,
§ 21.	why those who eat greedily reach satiety more easily,
§ 22 sq.	why we can endure hot food in the mouth more easily than in the hand,
§ 24 sqq.	why water melted from snow is harmful,
§ 28 sq.	why wines rarely freeze,
§ 30 sqq.	why sea water does not contract with frost except in the Cimmerian Bosporus,
§ 38.	why cold sweets seem to be sweeter,
c. 13.	why those who are fasting are more thirsty than hungry,
§ 7 sqq.	why a ring is worn on the finger closest to the smallest one, especially on the left hand,
§ 18 sqq.	why fresh water is more suitable than salt water for washing away filth,
c. 14.	why images in water seem larger than they really are;
§ 5 sqq.	Eustathius on the nature of sight;
c. 15.	Disarius on the error of Plato, who thinks that drink slips down through the windpipe,
§ 14 sqq.	Eustathius objecting;
c. 16.	Disarius, whether the egg or the hen came first;
§ 17 sqq.	Disarius and Eustathius, why the moon's light causes putrefaction more than the sun's;
§ 33 sq.	Eustathius, why bronze prevents putrefaction.

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