Smith, G. Elliot (Grafton Elliot), Sir, 1871-1937 · Manchester, The University press; London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green & company · leaf 232
ell (<^) was associated in some waywith a surrogate of the mandrake (Aphrodite), and {J)) was re-garded as a maiden. Thus clearly it has a place in the chequeredhistory of Aphrodite. I have suggested the possibility of its con-fusion with the octopus, which may have led to the inclusion of… … Fig. 5.—Pterocera Bryonia, THE Red Sea Spider-shell Col.—the columella. 1-7—the claws . THE BIRTH OF APHRODITE 171 another of Aphrodites creatures, the purple shell-fish, was alsoknown as the maiden . By Pliny it is called Pelogia, in GreekTTop(j)vpa ; and iTop4>vpco!JiaTa was the term applied…
