Λυδοὶ δὲ ἀγχοτάτω τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν εἶχον ὅπλα . οἱ δὲ Λυδοὶ Μηίονες ἐκαλεῦντο τὸ πάλαι , ἐπὶ δὲ Λυδοῦ τοῦ Ἄτους ἔσχον τὴν ἐπωνυμίην , μεταβαλόντες τὸ οὔνομα . Μυσοὶ δὲ ἐπὶ μὲν τῇσι κεφαλῇσι εἶχον κράνεα ἐπιχώρια , ἀσπίδας δὲ μικράς , ἀκοντίοισι δὲ ἐχρέωντο ἐπικαύτοισι .
οὗτοι δὲ εἰσὶ Λυδῶν ἄποικοι , ἀπʼ Ὀλύμπου δὲ ὄρεος καλέονται Ὀλυμπιηνοί . Λυδῶν δὲ καὶ Μυσῶν ἦρχε Ἀρταφρένης ὁ Ἀρταφρένεος ὃς ἐς Μαραθῶνα ἐσέβαλε ἅμα Δάτι .
History. Herodotus. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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