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[942] ὑλήεντα Κύτωρον: the box-trees of Cytorus were famous; cf. Virg. G. 2. 437,undantem buxo ... Cytorum”: Cat. 4. 13,buxifer Cytorus”. πύξον εἰς Κύτωρον ἄγειν = 'to carry coals to Newcastle.'


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    • Catullus, Poems, 4
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.437
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