Mandragora
object · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
mandragora
in the texts
Republic
A narcotic plant used by the mutinous sailors to drug the shipmaster in the allegory.
And sometimes, if they fail and others get his ear, they put the others to death or cast them out from the ship, and then, after binding and stupefying the worthy shipmaster with mandragora or intoxication or otherwise, they take command of the ship, consume its stores and, drinking and feasting, make such a voyage of it as is to be expected from such, and as if that were not enough, they praise a …
Symposium
A sleep-inducing substance used in Socrates' analogy for wine.
for wine does of a truth moisten the soul and lull our griefs to sleep just as the mandragora does with men, at the same time awakening kindly feelings as oil quickens a flame.