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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny
72. Precious stones which derive their names from animals.
The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny
72. Precious stones which derive their names from animals.
Chapter 120
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Chapters
Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Chapter 2: BOOK XXXII.
Chapter 3: 1. The power of Nature as manifested in antipathies. The
Chapter 4: 8. Places where fish recognize the human voice. Oracular
Chapter 5: 10. When sea-fish were first eaten by the people of Rome. The
Chapter 6: 12. The antipathies and sympathies which exist between certain
Chapter 7: 13. Amphibious animals. Castoreum: sixty-six remedies and
Chapter 8: 15. Remedies derived from the aquatic animals, classified
Chapter 9: 16. Remedies for poisons, and for noxious spells. The dorade:
Chapter 10: 17. Remedies for the stings of serpents, for the bites of dogs,
Chapter 11: 18. The sea-frog: six remedies. The river-frog: fifty-two
Chapter 12: 19. The enhydris: six remedies. The river-crab: fourteen remedies.
Chapter 13: 20. The sea-calf: ten remedies. The muræna: one remedy. The
Chapter 14: 21. The various kinds of oysters: fifty-eight remedies and
Chapter 15: 23. Remedies for alopecy, change of colour in the hair, and
Chapter 16: 24. Remedies for diseases of the eyes and eyelids. Two remedies
Chapter 17: 25. Remedies for diseases of the ears. The batia: one remedy.
Chapter 18: 26. Remedies for tooth-ache. The dog-fish: four remedies.
Chapter 19: 27. Remedies for lichens, and for spots upon the face. The
Chapter 20: 28. Remedies for scrofula, imposthumes of the parotid glands,
Chapter 21: 30. Remedies for pains in the liver and side. The elongated
Chapter 22: 31. Remedies for diseases of the bowels. Sea-wort: one remedy
Chapter 23: 32. Remedies for diseases of the spleen, for urinary calculi,
Chapter 24: 33. Remedies for intestinal hernia, and for diseases of the
Chapter 25: 34. Remedies for inflamed tumours, and for diseases of the
Chapter 26: 35. Remedies for incontinence of urine. The ophidion: one
Chapter 27: 36. Remedies for gout, and for pains in the feet. The beaver:
Chapter 28: 38. Remedies for fevers. The fish called asellus: one remedy.
Chapter 29: 42. Methods of arresting hæmorrhage and of letting blood. The
Chapter 30: 45. Remedies for warts, and for malformed nails. The glanis:
Chapter 31: 46. Remedies for female diseases. The glauciscus: one
Chapter 32: 49. Methods of preventing intoxication. The fish called rubellio:
Chapter 33: 50. Antaphrodisiacs and aphrodisiacs. The hippopotamus: one
Chapter 34: 52. Other aquatic productions. Adarca or calamochnos: three
Chapter 35: 53. The names of all the animals that exist in the sea, one
Chapter 36: BOOK XXXIII.
Chapter 37: 13. Coins of gold. At what periods copper, gold, and silver,
Chapter 38: 15. The persons who have possessed the greatest quantity of gold
Chapter 39: 16. At what period silver first made its appearance upon the arena
Chapter 40: 17. At what periods there was the greatest quantity of gold and
Chapter 41: 29. The chrysocolla of the goldsmiths, known also as
Chapter 42: 30. The marvellous operations of nature in soldering metallic
Chapter 43: 36. Minium: for what religious purposes it was used by the
Chapter 44: 40. The various kinds of minium. The use made of it in
Chapter 45: 44. The different kinds of silver, and the modes of testing
Chapter 46: 47. Instances of immense wealth. Persons who have possessed
Chapter 47: 48. At what period the Roman people first made voluntary
Chapter 48: 50. Instances of the frugality of the ancients in reference
Chapter 49: 51. At what period silver was first used as an ornament for
Chapter 50: 52. At what period silver chargers of enormous size were first
Chapter 51: 55. The most remarkable works in silver, and the names of the
Chapter 52: 56. Sil: The persons who first used it in painting and the
Chapter 53: BOOK XXXIV.
Chapter 54: 9. Which was the first statue of a god made of brass at Rome.
Chapter 55: 10. The different kinds and forms of statues. Statues at Rome
Chapter 56: 11. In honour of whom public statues were first erected: in
Chapter 57: 12. In honour of what foreigners public statues were erected at
Chapter 58: 13. The first equestrian statues publicly erected at Rome, and
Chapter 59: 14. At what period all the statues erected by private
Chapter 60: 16. That there were statuaries in Italy also at an early
Chapter 61: 19. An account of the most celebrated works in brass, and of
Chapter 62: 20. The different kinds of copper and its combinations. Pyropus.
Chapter 63: 23. Fifteen remedies derived from cadmia. Ten medicinal effects
Chapter 64: 41. The different kinds of iron, and the mode of tempering
Chapter 65: 46. Seventeen remedies derived from the scales of iron.
Chapter 66: BOOK XXXV.
Chapter 67: 3. When shields were first invented with portraits upon them;
Chapter 68: 5. The commencement of the art of painting. Monochrome
Chapter 69: 8. At what period foreign paintings were first introduced at
Chapter 70: 9. At what period painting was first held in high esteem at Rome,
Chapter 71: 12. Pigments other than those of a metallic origin. Artificial
Chapter 72: 31. Which colours do not admit of being laid on a wet
Chapter 73: 33. At what time combats of gladiators were first painted
Chapter 74: 34. The age of painting; with the names of the more celebrated
Chapter 75: 38. An effectual way of putting a stop to the singing of
Chapter 76: 39. Artists who have painted in eucaustics or wax, with
Chapter 77: 40. The first inventors of various kinds of painting. The
Chapter 78: 44. Who was the first to mould figures in imitation of the
Chapter 79: 47. Various kinds of earth. The Puteolan dust, and other
Chapter 80: 50. Sulphur, and the several varieties of it: fourteen
Chapter 81: 51. Bitumen, and the several varieties of it: twenty-seven
Chapter 82: 52. Alumen, and the several varieties of it: thirty-eight
Chapter 83: 56. Chian earth: three remedies. Selinusian earth: three
Chapter 84: 57. Cretaceous earths used for scouring cloth. Cimolian earth:
Chapter 85: 58. Argentaria. Names of freedmen who have either risen to
Chapter 86: 59. The earth of Galata; of Clypea; of the Baleares; and of
Chapter 87: BOOK XXXVI.
Chapter 88: 4. The first artists who excelled in the sculpture of marble,
Chapter 89: 6. Who were the first to cut marble into slabs, and at what
Chapter 90: 7. Who was the first to encrust the walls of houses at Rome with
Chapter 91: 8. At what period the various kinds of marble came into use at
Chapter 92: 9. The method of cutting marble into slabs. The sand used in
Chapter 93: 13. Lygdinus; corallitic stone; stone of Alabanda; stone of
Chapter 94: 23. The fugitive stone. The seven-fold echo. Buildings erected
Chapter 95: 38. Æthiopic hæmatites. Androdamas: two remedies. Arabian
Chapter 96: 43. Stones for mortars used for medicinal and other purposes.
Chapter 97: 54. The various kinds of sand. The combinations of sand with
Chapter 98: 64. At what period mosaic pavements were first invented. At
Chapter 99: BOOK XXXVII.
Chapter 100: 4. Who were the most skilful lapidaries. The finest specimens
Chapter 101: 6. Jewels displayed at Rome in the triumph of Pompeius
Chapter 102: 7. At what period murrhine vessels were first introduced at
Chapter 103: 10. Luxury displayed in the use of crystal. Remedies derived
Chapter 104: 14. The various precious stones, classified according to their
Chapter 105: 23. Sardonyx; the several varieties of it. Defects in the
Chapter 106: 40. Amethystos: four varieties of it. Socondion. Sapenos.
Chapter 107: 54. Achates: the several varieties of it. Acopos: the remedies
Chapter 108: 55. Balanites. Batrachitis. Baptes. Beli oculus. Belus.
Chapter 109: 56. Cadmitis. Callais. Capnitis. Cappadocia. Callaica.
Chapter 110: 58. Encardia or ariste. Enorchis. Exebenus. Erythallis.
Chapter 111: 59. Galaxias. Galactitis, leucogæa, leucographitis, or
Chapter 112: 60. Heliotropium. Hephæstitis. Hermuaidoion. Hexecontalithos.
Chapter 113: 62. Lepidotis. Lesbias. Leucophthalmos. Leucopœcilos.
Chapter 114: 63. Memnonia. Media. Meconitis. Mithrax. Morochthos.
Chapter 115: 65. Oica. Ombria or notia. Onocardia. Oritis or sideritis.
Chapter 116: 66. Panchrus. Pangonus. Paneros or panerastos. Pontica: four
Chapter 117: 67. Solis gemma. Sagda. Samothracia. Sauritis. Sarcitis.
Chapter 118: 68. Trichrus. Thelyrrhizos. Thelycardios or mule. Thracia:
Chapter 119: 71. Precious stones which derive their names from various parts
Chapter 120: 72. Precious stones which derive their names from animals.
Chapter 121: 73. Precious stones which derive their names from other objects.
Chapter 122: 74. Precious stones that suddenly make their appearance.
Chapter 123: 77. A comparative view of Nature as she appears in different
Chapter 124: BOOK XXXII.[1]
Chapter 125: BOOK XXXIII.
Chapter 126: BOOK XXXIV.
Chapter 127: BOOK XXXV.
Chapter 128: BOOK XXXVI.
Chapter 129: BOOK XXXVII.
Chapter 130: Introduction to Vol. III.
Chapter 131: 480. _Bohn’s Edition_.
Chapter 132: 49. Also Beckmann’s Hist. Inv., Vol. II. p. 219, _Bohn’s Edition_.
Chapter 133: 40. It is our red ochre, peroxide of iron, mixed in a greater or less
Chapter 134: Chapter 36.
Chapter 135: 295. _Bohn’s Edition._
Chapter 136: Chapter 20 of the present Book. On the above passage by Dr. Watson,
Chapter 137: Chapter 55 of this Book, that he flourished before the burning of the
Chapter 138: Chapter 26), were the blue copper earth already mentioned, which may
Chapter 139: 400. Several works of his are also mentioned by Pausanias.
Chapter 140: 5. Müller and Meyer treat this story of the brazen statue as a fiction.
Chapter 141: 328. _Bohn’s Edition._
Chapter 142: Chapter 32.
Chapter 143: Chapter 2 of this Book, and B. xxxv. c. 52.
Chapter 144: Chapter 40 of this Book.
Chapter 145: 14. He alludes to the cement made of volcanic ashes, now known as
Chapter 146: Introduction to Vol. III.
Chapter 147: 19. Sillig, however, is inclined to think that there were _two_ artists
Chapter 148: 703. His Basilica, a building which served as a court of law and as an
Chapter 149: Chapter 68 of this Book.
Chapter 150: Chapter 37.
Chapter 151: Chapter 55 above.
Chapter 152: Chapter 48, and “Beli oculus” in Chapter 55, of this Book.
Chapter 153: Chapter 66 and the Tecolithos of Chapter 68.
Chapter 154: 480. Of his Tragedies, eighteen are still extant, out of seventy-five,
Chapter 155: Introduction to the work, i. 1-11.
Carcinias. Echitis. Scorpitis. Scaritis. Triglitis. Ægophthalmos. Hyophthalmos. Geranitis. Hieracitis. Aëtitis. Myrmecitis. Cantharias. Lycophthalmos. Taos. Timictonia 459
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