Gyges of Lydia
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Gyges was the founder of the Mermnad dynasty of Lydian kings and the first known king of the Lydian kingdom to have attempted to transform it into a powerful empire. Gyges reigned 38 years according t
A rare depiction of the legend of Gyges finding the magic ring, Ferrara, 16th century
Gyges tablet, British Museum
Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, as She Goes to Bed by William Etty. This image illustrates Herodotus's version of the tale of Gyges. As told by Herodotus, Gyges watched the naked queen secretly, but was seen by her as he was sneaking out of concealment. An earlier artistic treatment of the same subject, by Dosso Dossi, is now in the Galleria Borghese .
Lydia
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Lydia was an Indo-European Iron Age kingdom situated in western Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire. Its capital w
Gyges of Lydia
…Gyges (reigned c. 680–644 BC) was the founder of the Mermnad dynasty of Lydian kings and the first known king of the Lydian kingdom to have attempted to transform it into a powerful empire. Gyges reigned 38 years according to…
The temple of Artemis in Sardis, capital of Lydia
Tripolis on the Meander is an ancient Lydian city in Turkey.
Büyük Menderes River, also known as the Maeander, is a river in Lydia.