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For explanation of this oracle cf. c. 91. 5.

ποδαβρέ. The effeminacy of the Lydians was later (cf. App. I. 4 and 79. 3; 155); but they had already developed a luxurious civilization (cf. 71. 2, the story of Sandanis).

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