1.93: Lydia, unlike most other countries, scarcely offers any wonders for the historian to describe, save for the gold-dust that is washed down from the range of Tmolus. It has, however, one structure of enormous size, only inferior to the monuments of Egypt or Babylon, and this monument is the tomb of Alyattes, the father of Croesus...

1.94: The Lydians have almost the same customs as those of the Greeks, except that they prostitute their female children. So far as we know, the Lydians were the first people to introduce the use of gold and silver coins, and the first who sold goods by retail..