[715] Aristoph. "Plut.," 287; Ovid, "Metamorph.," 11, 146.
[716] Arist. "Pol." 8, 55.
[717] Diod. 3, 59.
[718] Herod. 7, 26; Xenoph. "Anab." 1, 2, 8.
[719] Fragm. 128, ed. Müller.
[720] A communication from Kiepert.
[721] Pollux, 9, 83; Heracl. Pont. Fragm. 11, ed. Müller.
[722] Euseb. "Chron." 2, 82, ed. Schöne.
[723] [Plato, "Phaedr." 264 D. (Jowett.)]
[724] Diog. Laert. 1, 89; Simonid. Fragm. 57, ed. Bergk; Herod. 1, 14, 35; Strabo, p. 61; "Bergk-Griech. Litteratur-Gesch." 1, 779. The date of the second Midas is fixed by the observation of Herodotus that the dedicatory offerings of Midas were older than those of Gyges, and by the date of the first invasion of the Cimmerians, which will be ascertained below: the second invasion of the Cimmerians took place far later, in the time of Ardys of Lydia, i. e. at a time when monarchy was no longer in existence in the Greek cities. Hence I believe that the Midas of the tomb must be distinguished from the Midas of the dedicatory offering.