myrtle, Myrtus communis; twig
Ancient Greek word, found 16 times in the texts on Socratos.
Theocritus, Ἐπιγράμματα 4.7: δάφναις καὶ μύρτοισι καὶ εὐώδει κυπαρίσσῳ.
Plutarch, Marcellus 22.4: καὶ γὰρ ὁ αὐλὸς εἰρήνης μέρος καὶ τὸ μύρτον Ἀφροδίτης φυτόν, ἣ μάλιστα θεῶν ἀπέχθεται βίᾳ καὶ πολέμοις. ὄβας δʼ οὐ παρὰ τὸν εὐασμόν, ὡς οἱ πολλοὶ νομίζου …
Aristophanes, Peace 575: τῶν τε σύκων τῶν τε μύρτων,