# Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1.6e.2

Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, Book 1, Chapter 6e. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/valerius-maximus/facta-et-dicta-memorabilia/1.6e.2

Midae uero, cuius imperio Phrygia fuit subiecta, puero dormienti formicae in os grana tritici congesserunt. parentibus deinde eius corsus prodigium tenderet explorantibus augures responderunt omnium illum mortalium futurum ditissimum. nec uana praedictio extitit: nam Midas cunctorum paene regum opes abundantia pecuniae antecessit infantiaeque incunabula uili deorum munere donata onustis auro atque argento gazis pensauit.

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Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, ed. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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