So spoke the Radiant One; then gave me the magic herb, pulling it from the ground and showing me in what form it grew; its root was black, its flower milk-white. Its name among the gods is moly.
A fabulous herb of occult power, having a black root and white blossoms, said by Homer to have been given by Hermes to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe
Wild garlic, called sorcerer's garlic There are many sorts, all of which flower in May, except the sweet moly of Montpelier, which blossoms in September The most noted are the great moly of Homer, the Indian moly, the moly of Hungary, serpent's moly, the yellow moly, Spanish purple moly, Spanish silver-capped moly, and Dioscorides's moly Pope describes it and its effects in one of his odes, and Milton refers to it in his Comus (Greek, molu ) That moly That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave Milton: Comus, 655-6 Mome (French), says Cotgrave, is a Momus, find-fault, carping fellow So called from Momus, the god of raillery Or cessent donques les momes, De mordre les escrits miens J du Bellay: A P de Ronsard Momiers (French, men of mummery) An Evangelical party of Switzerland, somewhat resembling our Methodists They arose in 1818, and made way both in Germany and France