Lexicographical Neighbors of Achates
Literary usage of Achates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... so exemplary that fidus achates (the faithful achates) has become a proverb.
ACHEEN. See ACHIN. ACHELOUS, ak-e-lo'us (now ..."
2. Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1903)
"... achates Billings. Canadian naturalist and geologist. 1860. 5 : 63. Clarke.
Geology of Minnesota. 1897. v. 3, pt 2 of the final report; Paleontology, p. ..."
3. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Then good achates smote a flinty stone, Secured a flashing spark, heaped on light
leaves, And with dry branches nursed the mounting flame. ..."
4. A manual of precious stones and antique gems by Hodder Michael Westropp (1874)
"Theophrastus, in his work on stones, says, "achates is a beautiful stone; it has
its name from the river achates (the Drillo), in Sicily, and is sold at a ..."
5. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"The good genius or spirit, probably at first only an epithet of Zeus (Jupiter).
Agate. [L. achates.] 1. (Geai.) Found in R. achates, Sicily. ..."
6. Handbook of Archæology: Egyptian--Greek--Etruscan--Roman by Hodder Michael Westropp (1867)
"The term " achates " among the ancients was of wide application, as it included
not only several varieties of chalcedony, but also those now called jaspers. ..."
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