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of copper to the Chalybes, others to the Cyclopes. Hesiod 

 says, that iron was discovered in Crete, by the Idaean Dactyli. 72 

 Erichthonius, the Athenian, or, as some people say, ^Eacus, 

 discovered silver. 73 Gold mines, and the mode of fusing that 

 metal, were discovered by Cadmus, the Phoenician, at the 

 mountain of Pangaeus, 74 or, according to other accounts, by 

 Thoas or Eaclis, in Panchaia; 75 or else by Sol, the son of 

 Oceanus, whom Gellius mentions as having been the first who 

 employed honey in medicine. Midacritus 76 was the first who 

 brought tin from the island called Cassiteris. 77 The Cyclopes 

 invented the art of working iron. 78 Choraebus, the Athenian, 

 was the first who made earthen vessels ; 79 but Anacharsis, the 



to have been first known in those countries, where the ore of the metal is 

 found in large quantities, which is the case in the region that was anciently 

 named Scythia. B. 



72 According to Pausanias, the art of forging iron was discovered by 

 Glaucus of Chios. Strabo ascribes it to the Idsean Dactyli, and the art of 

 manufacturing utensils of bronze and iron to the Telchmes ; the former 

 were inhabitants of Crete, the latter of Rhodes. B. 



73 According to Hyginus, silver was first discovered in Scythia by Indus, 

 and introduced into Attica by Erichthonius. ^Eacus is said by Cassio- 

 dorus to have been the discoverer of gold. B. 



74 Pangaeus is generally described as a mountain on the confines of 

 Macedonia and Thrace ; but Marcus says that it was a mountain of Abys- 

 sinia, near the source of the Nile, and' he adduces various passages from 

 the ancients to prove that the Egyptians had an extensive traffic there in 

 gold at a very early period; Ajasson, vol. vi. pp. 191, 192. B. 



75 Thoas was the king of the Tauric Chersonnesus, and Panchaia was a 

 district of Arabia Felix ; it does not appear what connection Thoas could 

 have with Panchaia. B. 



76 We have no account of any individual bearing this name, and it lias 

 been proposed by Hardouin to substitute for it ** Midas Phrygius," who 

 is said, both by Hyginus and by Cassiodorus, to have been the discoverer of 

 lead. B. 



77 From the accounts of Pliny, B. iv. c. 36, as well as of Strabo, and the 

 other ancient geographers, it appears, that he here alludes to the Scilly Isles, 

 including, probably, the western extremity of Cornwall. We are informed 

 by Herodotus, B. iii. c. 115, that tin was brought from them, and they 

 were hence named the " tin islands," from the Greek word for tin, 

 KaaoirtpoQ. B. 



78 On this subject we may refer to Note 72. B. 



79 Pliny, in B. xxxv. c. 45, informs us, that Choraebus invented the art 

 of making pottery, and that it was first exercised, as a trade, by Chalcos- 

 thenes. He says, that a certain district of Athens obtained the name of 

 " Ceramicos," from his manufactory of earthen- ware, derived from / 



" potter's clay." B. 



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