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  GYGES - LoveToKnow Article on GYGES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The chronology of the Lydian kings given by Herodotus has been shown by the Assyrian inscriptions to be about twenty years in excess.
Gyges was the son of Dascylus, who, when recalled from banishment in Cappadocia by the Lydian king Sadyattescalled Candaules the Dog-strangler (a title of the Lydian Hermes) by the Greeks-sent his son back to Lydia instead of himself.
Gyges soon became a favorite of Sadyattes and was despatched by him to fetch Tudo, the daughter of Arnossus of Mysia, whom the Lydian king wished to make his queen.
58.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GY/GYGES.htm   (479 words)

  
 Croesus, Greek Mythology Link.
Yet some have said that the family of Croesus also descended from Heracles 1 and Omphale through their son Agelaus 1, who could or not be the same as Lamus 1, or Hyllus 3.
Gyges was son of Dascylus; except this one, all were kings of Lydia.
Agron 2, Alcaeus 6, Alyattes, Ardys, Astyages, Atys 3, Belus 3, Cambyses, Candaules, Croesus, Cyrus, Dascylus, Dercetis 1, Gaia, Gyges, Heracles 1, Lydus, Mandane, Manes, Myrsus, Ninus, Omphale, Sadyattes, Semiramis, Zeus.
homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Croesus.html   (5506 words)

  
 Great Books & Film: A New Approach to the Classics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Now it happened that this Candaules [king of Lydia] was in love with his own wife; and not only so, but thought her the fairest woman in the whole world.
There was in his bodyguard a man whom he specially favored, Gyges, the son of Dascylus.
All affairs of greatest moment were entrusted by Candaules to this person, and to him he was accustomed to extol the surpassing beauty of his wife.
www.greatbooksandfilm.com /gyges.htm   (1025 words)

  
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 Argonauts (Greek myth)
He was grieved to hear that Hercules had to be left behind since the son of Zeus had been a friend of his father.
During their stay, Idmon of the Argonauts was killed by a boar while foraging for food and Tiphys the steersman fell sick and died.
After returning Dascylus to his homeland, the Argonauts sailed for the mouth of the Danube.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/argonauts.htm   (5457 words)

  
 The Argonautica - Section IX
Wherefore whatever requital I am now able to pay, gladly will I pay it, for that is the rule for weaker men when the stronger begin to help them.
So with you all, and in your company, I bid Dascylus my son follow; and if he goes, you will find all men friendly that ye meet on your way through the sea even to the mouth of the river Thermodon.
And besides that, to the sons of Tyndareus will I raise a lofty temple on the Acherusian height, which all sailors shall mark far across the sea and shall reverence; and hereafter for them will I set apart outside the city, as for gods, some fertile fields of the well-tilled plain."
www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/epics/TheArgonautica/chap23.html   (733 words)

  
 Heracles
The magic was so strong that when Heracles pulled Theseus free part of Theseus' thighs remained on the bench, explaining why his descendants were noted for their lean thighs.
Heracles defeated the Bebryces (ruled by King Mygdon) and gave their land to Prince Lycus of Mysia, son of Dascylus.
Heracles visited Evander with Antor, who then stayed in Italy.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/h/he/heracles.html   (4124 words)

  
 Dive Bali 2005
There was no current at all, though the surface was a bit wavy.
I leisurely watched little things like a bunch of big dascylus hovering above a huge 1 meter diameter table corals.
Sometimes they ducked in between the branches of their home, and I wished I had my camera with me. Strange it may seem to other divers who are much more experienced than me, reticulated dascylus swimming in and out of table corals are one of my favourite underwater photo objects.
www.kapalselam.org /trips146.html   (971 words)

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