ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → for he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height
prăsŏīdes: is, m., = πρασοειδής (leekcolored, leek-green, prasinous),
I a kind of topaz, perh. a species of jasper, Plin. 37, 8, 32, § 109.