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The kings were alternately ‘Midas’ and ‘Gordias’ (cf. the placenames Mideum and Gordium. For Phrygia and Midas cf. App. I. 7).

προκατίζων. προ is emphatic, ‘sat for judgement and gave justice.’ Cf. 97. 1.

ἐπωνυμίην: cogn. accus. with καλέεται. For Γυγάδας cf. 94. 1 n.; the Doric form is retained.

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