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The eagle-stone (2)

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02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs


 		Keywords
minerals
pregnancy
Period
1st century CE
3rd century CE
Roman Empire 		Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars
Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Aelian, De Natura Animalum 1.35:
Eagles take the stone which is called after them aëtite (eagle-stone). This stone is also said to be good for women in pregnancy as a preventive of abortions.

Pliny the Elder, Naturalia Historia 36.39 (21):
Eagle-stones, wrapped in the skins of animals that have been sacrificed are worn as amulets by women or four-footed creatures during pregnancy so as to prevent a miscarriage. They must not be removed except at the moment of delivery: otherways there will be a prolapse of the uterus. On the other hand, if they were not removed during delivery, no birth would take place.

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Aelian, De Natura Animalum 1.35
Pliny the Elder, Naturalia Historia 36.39 (21)

Bibliography

Jones and Rackham 1938-1963, X 120-121Jones, W. H. S. and H. Rackham. Pliny, Natural History. 10 Vols. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1938-1963.
Scholfield 1959, I 54-54Scholfield A. F. Aelian on the Characteristics of Animals. 3 Vols. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1959 (esp Vol I: p. 54, Vol III: 38-41).

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