The odor of wild thyme, Pliny tells us, drives away snakes. Dionysius of Syracuse, on the other hand, thinks it an aphrodisiac.

普林尼告诉世人野生百里香的气味可以驱蛇，古代叙拉古王朝的暴君戴奥尼索司叙拉古却认为它是壮阳药。