BOOK VII. ivi. 195-198 



island of Cypx-iis, and also thc tongs, hammer, crow- 

 bar and anvil ; wells by Danaus who came from 

 Egypt to Greece to the region tliat used to be called 

 Diy Argos ; stone quarrying by Cadmus at Thebes, 

 or according to Tlieophrastus, in Plioenicia ; walls 

 were introduced by Thrason, towers by the Cyclopes 

 according to Aristotle but according to Theophrastus 

 by the Tii-ynthians ; woven fabrics by the P^gyptians, 

 dyeing wooUen stuffs by the Lydians at Sardis, the 

 use of the spindle in the inanufacture of wooUen by 

 Closter son of Arachne," linen and nets by Arachne, 

 the fuller's craft by Nicias of Megara, the shoemaker's 

 by Tychias of Boeotia ; medicine according to the 

 Egj^ptians was discovered among themselves, but 

 accoi-ding to others through the agency of Arabus son 

 of Babylon and Apollo ; and the science of hei'bs and 

 drugs was discovered by Chiron the son of Saturn and 

 Philyra. Aristotle thinks that Lydus the Scythian 

 showed how to melt and work copper, but Theo- 

 phrastus holds that it was the Phrygian Delas ; 

 manufactures of bronze some ascribe to the Chalybes 

 and others to the Cyclopes ; the forging of iron Hesiod 

 ascribes to the people called the Dactyli of Ida in 

 Crete. Erichthonius of Athens, or according to others 

 Aeacus, discovered silver ; mining and smelting gold 

 was invented by Cadmus the Phoenician at Mount 

 Pangaeus, or according to others by Thoas or Aeacus 

 in Panchaia,* or by the Sun, son of Oceanus, to whom 

 Gellius also assigns the discovery of mcdicine derived 

 from minerals. Tin was first importcd by Midacri- 

 tus from thc island of Cassitcris.'^ Working in iron 

 was invented by the Cyclopes, potteries by Coroebus 

 of Athens, the potter's wheel by the Scythian 

 Anacharsis, or according to others by Hyperbius of 



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