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| Picture No | 10018552 |
| Date | circa 80 AD |
| Description | Dioscorides receives a mandrake root from Euresis. |
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Dioscorides(c. 40 û 90 AD), Greek naturalist, receives a mandrake root from Euresis, goddess of Discovery, and commissions an artist to make a drawing of it.
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| Source | E.Tournoi, from an ancient manuscript, reproduced in, Figuier, Vies des Savants Illustres - Antiquite, p352. |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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