Note 3376 — BOOK XXXVII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PRECIOUS STONES. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
A Greek word, signifying the skin of a fawn or deer, as worn by the Bacchanals in the celebration of their orgies. Ajasson is of opinion that this was a mottled quartz or agate, similar to those mentioned as resembling the spots of the lion, in Chapter 54, the Leontios and Pardalios of Chapter 73.