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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


*Prome’thean Unguent (The).*

Made from a herb on which some of the blood of Promtheus (3 syl.) had fallen. Meda gave Jason some of this unguent, which rendered his body proof against fire and warlike instruments.	1

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