Wax
object · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
wax · a large wheel of wax
in the texts
Clouds
Wax used in Socrates' absurd experiment to measure how far a flea jumps.
and then took the flea and dipped its feet in the wax;
Odyssey
Softened wax used to plug the crew's ears so they cannot hear and be lured by the Sirens' song.
Meanwhile I look a large wheel of wax and cut it up small with my sword.
If any one unwarily draws in too close and hears the singing of the Sirens, his wife and children will never welcome him home again, for they sit in a green field and warble him to death with the sweetness of their song.