Note 2338 — Chapter XII · EXPORTS OF THE ISLANDS, ITALY, GAUL, AND SPAIN.
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This stone appears to have derived its name from a Sicilian river: Καλὸς δὲ λίθος καὶ ὁ ἀχάτης ὁ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀχάτου ποταμοῦ τοῦ ἐν Σικελίᾳ, καὶ πωλεῖται τίμιος. Theoph. de Lapid. § 31. Cf. Vib. Sequest. p. 3. Oberlin.
Cernitur egregius lapis hic, cui nomen achates:
Hoc dederat fluvius cujus generatur ad undas:
Hanc simulacra vides venis ostendere gemmam.
Priscian. Perieg. 502, sqq.