The customs of the Lydians are like those of the Greeks, except that they make prostitutes of their female children. They were the first men whom we know who coined and used gold and silver currency; and they were the first to sell by retail.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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