According to some he was the inventor of the anchor and the potter’s wheel. To him is attributed the following letter : Anacharsis to Croesus “J have come, O King of the Lydians, to the land of the Greeks to be instructed in their manners and pursuits. And I am not even in quest of gold, but am well content to return to Scythia a better man. At all events here I am in Sardis, being greatly desirous of making your acquaintance,” CuapTer 9. MYSON (c. 600 B.c.) Myson was the son of Strymon, according to Sosicrates, who quotes Hermippus as his authority, and a native of Chen, a village in the district of Oeta or Laconia; and he is reckoned one of the Seven Sages. They say that his father was a tyrant. We are told by some one that, when Anacharsis inquired if there were anyone wiser than himself, the Pythian priestess gave the response which has already been quoted in the Life of Thales as her reply to a question by Chilon @ : Myson of Chen in Oeta ; this is he Who for wiseheartedness surpasseth thee. His curiosity aroused, Anacharsis went to the village in summer time and found him fitting a share to a plough and said, ‘“ Myson, this is not the season for the plough.” “ It is just the time to repair it,” was the reply. Others cite the first line of the oracle differently, “‘ Myson of Chen in Etis,” and inquire what