Note 764 — Chapter V · Lydia
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Hammer, Zeits. f. Num. XXVI. 4; Midas himself worked the mines of Mt Bermion, Strabo XIV. 680. The fame of the Phrygians as metal workers went back to mythical times, see Schol. Ap. Rhod. I. 1129, with which cp. Diod. V. 64; Clem. Alex. Strom. I. p. 360 (132 edit. Sylburg.).