---
title: On Dyeing
title_greek: Περὶ βαφῆς
author: Zosimus of Panopolis
eul_wid: tyc-cm
eul_aid: tyc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-dyeing-tyc-cm"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Technical Koine
domain: Science
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On Dyeing

*Περὶ βαφῆς*

**Author:** Zosimus of Panopolis

**eul_wid:** `tyc-cm` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-dyeing-tyc-cm)

## Text

### 2.208

ΠΕΡΙ ΒΑΦΗΣ Ἐὰν μὴ ἐπιεικῶς ἐργάσητε μέλαιναν βαφὴν, ἐκφέρει ἄφευκτον τὴν .

### 2.208

ἐργασίαν τοῦ ἀργύρου. Οἱ Ἀγαθοδαιμονῖται καλοῦσιν 〈καταβαφὴν〉 τὴν οὕτω λειουμένην· τὴν δὲ ἕψησιν ἐκάλουν βαφήν. Ἄλλο γὰρ θέλουσιν εἶναι βαφὴν, καὶ ἄλλο καταβαφήν. Βαφὴν οὖν λέγουσι τὸν ἄργυρον, καταβαφὴν δὲ τὸν χρυσόν. Καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς καύσεως τοῦτο εὑρήσεις· ἄλλην καῦσιν βαφικὴν, καὶ ἄλλην καταβαφικὴν, καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα ἕως ἀραιώσεως καὶ παρατροπῆς, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων πάντων τῷ λόγῳ διυποπτεύουσι.

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