362 DEFILE OF TEMPE. 
CHAP, appearance therefore of the Atracian marble 
. ^^ , indicates very satisfactorily the position of the 
1. Hymettus, — The marble of Hi/mettusv/ as so much esteemed in 
Xenophon's time, that temples, altars, shrines, and statues, 
were made of it throughout Greece, but especially at^Mewj. 
2. Pentelicus. — First mentioned by ^schines, who lived in the 
86th Olympiad. Also by Theophrastus. tiiioTdftlai XltvTiXitSiv, 
3. Phellensis Lapis ; — so called from Mount Phelleus \u Attica^ 
mentioned by Aristophanes. 
4. Tffinarian, of two kinds ; from TtEnarium Promontory io 
Laconia : it was green and black. 
5. Corinthian : variegated, but chiefly yellow, 
6. ^gina. 
7. Atracian ; green and white. 
8. Parian: Lapis candidissimus. 
9. Docimsan: caWed also Si/nnadiean. 
10. Proconnesian. 
11. Thasiau: Muxo^otTtst like Parian. 
12. Carystian : green, variegated with spots. This was also a^ 
sub-variety of the Verde-antico, 
13. Melian : yellow. 
14. Chian : variegated. 
15. Cubelican. 
16. Coralitican. ] . .^i 
17. Rhodian, 
18. Troadensian. 
19. Bosporian, 
20. Phengites lapis : found in Cappadocia. 
21. Tyrian : white, from Libanus. 
22. Hierosolymitan. 
23. Marmor Porinum : called also Porus. White as Parian^ but 
light as Tophus. 
24. Scyrian, Deucalian, and Hierapolytican : also Lydian, of two 
kinds ; Lesbian, and Heracl^au. 
25. Mylessenssian, Alabandine, Jassenssian, and Ephesian. 
2ff. Marmor Conchyte ; — much used in works at Megara. 
87. Tauromenitan,Syracusian,Tragurian, andMolossian, — In all, 
41 varieties. 
