laserwort, Ferula tingitana; silphium-
Ancient Greek word, found 35 times in the texts on Socratos.
Herodotus, Histories 4.169.1: … ι, τὴν ἔκτισαν οἱ Κυρηναῖοι, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἠπείρῳ Μενέλαος λιμήν ἐστι καὶ Ἄζιρις, τὴν οἱ Κυρηναῖοι οἴκεον, καὶ τὸ σίλφιον ἄρχεται ἀπὸ τούτου·
Aristophanes, Knights 895: τοῦ σιλφίου τὸν ἄξιον γενόμενον;
Aristophanes, Birds 534: σίλφιον ὄξος καὶ τρίψαντες
All forms of σίλφιον