ὑποκοριστικῶς δ᾽ εἴρηκε Πλάτων ἐν ῾Υπερβόλῳ:: ‘ φύλλιον ἢ ῥαφανίδιον.’ Θεόφραστος δ᾽ ἐν τοῖς περὶ φυτῶν γένη ῥαφανίδων φησὶν εἶναι πέντε, Κορινθίαν, Λειοθασίαν, Κλεωναίαν, Ἀμωρέαν, Βοιωτίαν. καλεῖσθαι δὲ ὑπό τινων τὴν Λειοθασίαν Θρᾳκίαν γλυκυτάτην δὲ εἶναι τὴν Βοιωτίαν καὶ τῷ σχήματι στρογγύλην. ἁπλῶς δέ, φησίν, ὧν ἐστι
ῥαφανὶς τ᾽ ἄπλυτος ὑπάρχει
καὶ θερμὰ λουτρὰ καὶ ταρίχη πνικτὰ καὶ κάρυα.
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καὶ Θασίας ὠνόμαζον. Φερεκράτης:
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