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.' pliny, who speaks at length of the medicinal virtues of the quince, says that the fruit warded off the influence of the evil eye, and other legends connect it with ancient greek mythology, as exemplified by statues on which the fruit is represented, as well as by representations in the wall-paintings
and mosaics of pompeii, where quinces are almost always to be seen in the paws of a bear. by the greeks and romans, the quince was held sacred to venus, who is often depicted with a quince in her right hand, the gift she received from paris. the 'golden apples' of virgil are said to be quinces, as they...
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