---
title: On Stones or Lithica
title_greek: Περὶ Λίθων
author: "Dionysius of Alexandria "
eul_wid: rna-ac
eul_aid: rna
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/dionysius-alexandria-lithica-rna-ac"
period: Roman
dialect: Christian Koine
domain: Geography
format: Prose
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On Stones or Lithica

*Περὶ Λίθων*

**Author:** Dionysius of Alexandria 

**eul_wid:** `rna-ac` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/dionysius-alexandria-lithica-rna-ac)

## Text

### 1

καὶ γὰρ κυανέην πλάκα σαπφείροιο ἐξεδάη περὶ κόλπον Ἐρυθραίων Ἀριηνῶν. τῆς βαθυχλοιάοντος ἰάσπιδος ἢ ἀμεθύστου πορφυρόεντος ἄγαλμα, μελαγκράτης θ’ ὑάκινθος.

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