Assertion: moon | /r/Causes | epilepsy
Facets:
value: according to aelianos
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: According to Aelianos, a Greek writer of the third century ce, the moon causes epilepsy, which may be cured by a special kind of peony that, like the mandrake root, cannot be seen by day but must be gathered at night by tying to it a dog who pulls up the root and then dies (On Animals 24).