 They are numbered as they appear in Pseudo-Herodotus.These are easily recognized as popular rhymes, a form of folklore to be met with in most countries, treasured by the people as a kind of proverbs.In the Homeric epigrams the interest turns sometimes on the characteristics of particular localities, for example, Smyrna and Cyme, Erythrae, and Mt Ida; others relate to certain trades or occupations