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Herba Sardonia fuit herba in Sardinia crescens quae "risum sardonicum" efficiebat. Fortasse est eadem ac Oenanthe fistulosa,[1] aut Ranunculus sardous.[2]
Publius Vergilius Maro in Eclogis:
Pausanias, Descriptio Graeciae:
ἡ πόα δὲ ἡ ὀλέθριος σελίνῳ μέν ἐστιν ἐμφερής, τοῖς φαγοῦσι δὲ γελῶσιν ἐπιγίνεσθαι τὴν τελευτὴν λέγουσιν. ἐπὶ τούτῳ δὲ Ὅμηρός τε καὶ οἱ ἔπειτα ἄνθρωποι τὸν ἐπὶ οὐδενὶ ὑγιεῖ Σαρδάνιον γέλωτα ὀνομάζουσι. φύεται δὲ μάλιστα ἡ πόα περὶ τὰς πηγάς, οὐ μέντοι μεταδίδωσί γε καὶ τῷ ὕδατι τοῦ ἰοῦ.[4]
Una est herba perniciosa, apio persimilis: qui eam comederint, ridentes emoriuntur. Ex eo Homerus primum alii deinde post eum, Sardonium eum dixerunt risum, qui in re minime commoda et mente parum sana ederetur. Gignitur circa fontes maxime, nec tamen cum ipsis aquis veneni naturam communicat.[5]
Quintus Serenus in Liber medicinali:
Marcus Aurelius Olympius Nemesianus in Bucolicis:
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