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	Gyges of Lydia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gyges was the founder of the third or Mermnad dynasty of Lydian kings and reigned from 687 BC to 652 BC (according to H. Gelzer.
		Gyges was the son of Dascylus, who, when recalled from banishment in Cappadocia by the Lydian king Sadyates—called 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 favourite of Sadyates and was dispatched by him to fetch Tudo, the daughter of Arnossus of Mysia, whom the Lydian king wished to make his queen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gyges_of_Lydia (503 words)

	Ring of Gyges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Gyges discovered that when he turned the collet of the ring to the inside of his hand, he became invisible to the other shepherds, and they began to marvel as if he had vanished.
		Gyges then arranged to be chosen one of the messengers who reported to the king as to the status of the flocks.
		Arriving at the palace, Gyges used his new power of invisibility to seduce the queen, and with her help he murdered the king, and became king of Lydia himself.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Ring_of_Gyges (897 words)

	Lydia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lydia is a historic region of western Anatolia, congruent with Turkey's modern provinces of İzmir and Manisa.
		Gyges was the son of Dascylus, who, when recalled from banishment in Cappadocia by the Lydian king Mursylos—called Candaules "the Dog-strangler" (a title of the Lydian Hermes) by the Greeks—sent his son back to Lydia instead of himself.
		When Cyaxares attacked Lydia, the kings of Cilicia and Babylon intervened and negotiated a peace in 585 BC, whereby the Halys was established as the Medes' frontier with Lydia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lydia (1275 words)

	Gyges of Lydia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Gyges, was the founder of the third or Mermnad dynasty of (An ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the Persians in 546 BC) Lydian kings and reigned from (Click link for more info and facts about 687) 687 to 652 BC (according to H Gelzer.
		Gyges soon became a favourite of Sadyattes and was despatched by him to fetch Tudo, the daughter of Arnossus of (Click link for more info and facts about Mysia) Mysia, whom the Lydian king wished to make his queen.
		Forewarned that the king intended to punish him with death, Gyges assassinated Sadyattes in the night and seized the throne with the help of Arselis of Mylasa, the captain of the (Click link for more info and facts about Caria) Carian bodyguard, whom he had won over to his cause.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gy/gyges_of_lydia.htm (319 words)

	Gyges of Lydia
		The Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus, who wrote two centuries after the death of Gyges, tells in the first book of Histories that Lydia was once ruled by a man named Candaules or Myrsilus, and that his wife ordered Gyges to kill the king.
		Gyges initiated the policy that was to continue for more than a century: while attacking the Greek towns in Asia, he gave lavish presents to the sanctuaries at the mainland:
		It was one of Gyges' many political uses of gold and silver, which was conveniently found in the river Pactolus near Sardes.
	www.livius.org /men-mh/mermnads/gyges.html (878 words)

	Lydria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The reign of Gyges was indeed a remarkable one.
		The latter was to restore Lydia to its former glory, and to banish the Cimmerians from Anatolia.
		Lydia was situated in the Western part of Asia Minor, on the river Galis, with its main city Sardis.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /WestCivI/lydria.htm (1993 words)

	lydia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The kingdom of Lydia was located in the area of present-day Turkey.
		Lydia is mentioned in Bible as Lud (Genesis 10:22, 1 Chronicles 1:17, Isaiah 66:19, Ezekiel 27:10, 30:5).
		The kingdom of Lydia entered a time of prosperity and strength during the reign of Gyges.
	medialdea.net /historyguy80538/lydia.htm (1146 words)

	Plato's Republic - Gyges' ring
		The king of Lydia of Herodotus' story gives way, in the first part of Plato's story, to the king of the universe and his most beautiful wife becomes his created world, that Gyges is induced to admire by the power of the king's might leading him to a naked body.
		First comes the description of Gyges initial state, of the nature he lives in and of the trip he is led to make in the depths of it.
		Gyges may think he has become invisible once he puts himself under the scalpel of science, and he may be for his fellow prisoners who don't care for the light of the sun, but he is not for the judges above, who will some day seal his fate and turn his "chance" around.
	plato-dialogues.org /tetra_4/republic/gyges.htm (4394 words)

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		It can be shown that the Iliad and the Odyssey contain clear references to the events of the early reign of Gyges of Lydia and coincide with the striking of the first coins in Ionia and the adoption by the Greeks of the Oriental system of weights.
		As we have seen, the Greeks were not so much impressed by Gyges' treachery against his former master as they were outraged by his marriage with the widowed queen, a step which not only was not immoral according to the customs of Lydia, but was necessary in order to make Gyges a king.
		Gyges had a particularly strong bond with Ephesos, which became the main center of Lydian economic activities on the coast.
	www.metrum.org /gyges/homgyg.htm (2247 words)

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		I 14), Gyges may have tried to introduce the Greeks to the use of a currency of weighed precious metals like the one used in the area of Babylonian-Assyrian culture; in other words Gyges was trying to obtain a result similar to that at which Nitokris' offering was aiming.
		Radet points out that the legend of Gyges' miraculous ring2 refers to the fact that the king had actually discovered a secret to achieve power: "Gyges and his successors had in their possession a marvelous talisman: economic science." But, as Ure rejoins, the talisman is something more specific than economic science, it is the seal.
		That the tyranny of Gyges was based on the use of wealth afforded by the electrum deposits of Mount Tmolos and the River Paktolos, is stressed by a long poetic tradition that begins with Homer and Archilochos.
	www.metrum.org /gyges/gygold.htm (2017 words)

	Lydia . Caria . Phrygia . Ionia . Lycia . List of Kings of Lydia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Lydia was an ancient kingdom of Asia Minor, known to Homer as Mæonia.
		After the Persian conquest the Maeander was regarded as its southern boundary, and under Rome, Lydia comprised the country between Mysia and Caria on the one side and Phrygia and the Aegean Sea Aegean on the other.
		Gyges of Lydia Gyges 720-682 BC Ardys 682-633 BC Sadyattes 633-621 BC Alyattes II 621-564 BC Croesus 564-546 BC...
	www.uk.fraquisanto.net /Lydia (439 words)

	Gyges -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		She caught Gyges spying on her and forced him on pain of death to kill her husband.
		In the standard version of Plato's Republic, Gyges was a shepherd who found a ring that made him invisible and used it to seduce the queen and murder the king.
		Gyges cooperated with King Ashurbanipal of Assyria in a struggle against the Cimmerians, who had overrun Phrygia, in northern Anatolia.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9038638 (269 words)

	Lydia and Phrygia \| Special Topics Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Whether Gyges was an old man at his death and had been a contemporary of Midas, or was a later, seventh-century king, remains unresolved.
		Both kingdoms eventually and simultaneously succumbed to the successors of the Medes, the Persians, whose king Cyrus captured Sardis in 546 B.C. Phrygia and Lydia ceased to be independent kingdoms and became provinces (satrapies) of the Persians.
		Lydia was credited to have been the first state to coin money.
	12.151.120.44 /toah/hd/lygo/hd_lygo.htm (703 words)

	Kingdom Of Lydia
		We have had occasion to mention the kingdom of Lydia, and it may be well to give a short note here upon the Lydians before proceeding with our story.
		And it is on record that Gyges paid tribute to Sardanapalus, which serves to link him up with our general ideas of the history of Asryria, Israel, and Egypt.
		We have already noted that Lydia was reputed to be the first country in the world to produce coined money, and to provide the convenience of inns for travellers and traders.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles32n/history-outline-98.shtml (584 words)

	The First Greeks in Egypt
		Gyges was at that time king of Sardis in Lydia.
		At first Gyges sent messengers to Assurbanipal: “Guggu (Gyges), king of Lydia, a district of the other side of the sea, a distant place, whose name the kings, my fathers, had not heard, he dispatched his messengers to bring greetings to me.”
		Gyges was able to provide Egypt with Ionian mercenaries because he had recently occupied Colophon in Ionia.
	www.varchive.org /tac/greeks.htm (900 words)

	History of Ancient Athens - The Persian Wars
		At the end of the seventh century, king Gyges of Lydia conquered Colophon.
		Responding to the aggression of Lydia, twelve Ionic cities formed a league, whose center was the Panionion, a shrine of Poseidon on the promontory of Mykale.
		The weak league was unable to stop the conquest of the cities, by the next king of Lydia, king Croesos (560-546 BC).
	www.sikyon.com /Athens/ahist_eg02.html (6957 words)

	LYDIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Search the LYDIA Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
		Search the LYDIA Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
		Find graves of people named LYDIA at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
	www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/L/LYDIA.htm (73 words)

	Genesisarchaeologicalanomalies
		/Lydia (Genesis 10:22) when according to the testimony of Asshurbanipal, this nation was unknown and unheard of by "his fathers", remarking on the fact that Gyges of Lydia/Luddu has sought him out, seeking to be his vassal, and offering captured Gimmerai (biblical: Gomer, Greek: Cimmerians) warriors as a token of esteem ?
		If Asshurbanipal is to believed, that is, that his forefathers had never heard of Lydia, then it is highly unlikely that Moses knew of this place in the 15th century BCE. Evidently the appearance of Lud/Lydia in Genesis' Table of Nations is "a marker" that
		640 BCE to putdown revolts in her eastern empire amongst Medes, Elamites and Chaldeans (Gyges having sent the Saitic Pharaohs Greek mercenaries to enable them to revolt against Assyria and re-establish Egypt's independence).
	www.bibleorigins.net /Genesisarchaeologicalanomalies.html (2526 words)

	"Forgotten Empires" Remembered - Text (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Mita of Pakhuawa who rebelled against the Hittite Arnuwandas III is identified in Clapham's revision as the Mita of Mushki recorded in the annals of Sargon II.
		Recognizing Gyges of Lydia (Guggu in Assyrian sources) as the biblical Gog, who is described as ruler of Meshech and Tubal (Mushki and Tabal), we can see him as a successor of Mita.
		Judging from its usage in classical histories, it may have been the ancient equivalent of the modern term Asia Minor.) When Gyges of Lydia overthrew the last post-Hittite king, Candaules/Myrsilus (possibly a Mursilis IV?), that king was understandably seen as the last of the previous Lydian dynasty.
	www.starways.net /lisa/essays/hittites.html (1716 words)

	Dating Genesis, Madai & Japheth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A rebuttal to some observations by Peter Kirk: PK: This exception, with the Ludites listed as descendants of Mizraim, doubtless reflects a tradition that the Lydians came from Egypt.
		WRM: From Assyrian annals we know that Gyges of Lydia rebelled against Asshurbanipal, and also sent Ionian and Carian Greek mercenaries to Saite Egypt to aid them in their rebellion against the Assyrians.
		It could well be that Genesis' Egyptian Lud/Lydia is alluding to this event, providing "a marker" that Genesis is preserving an event from the 7th century BCE.
	lists.ibiblio.org /pipermail/b-hebrew/1999-December/005099.html (471 words)

	Gyges -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		king of Lydia, in western Anatolia (now Turkey), from about 680 to about 652
		According to all the ancient sources, Gyges came to the throne after slaying King Candaules and marrying his queen, but there are several versions of the event itself.
		"Gyges." Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9038638 (72 words)

	Lydia * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		Lydia * People, Places, and Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		Lydia was named after Lydus and ruled by the descendants of Herakles (Heracles) for 505 years from the rule of Agron until the time of Kandaules (Candaules).
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	www.messagenet.com /myths/ppt/Lydia_1.html (194 words)

	"Post-Exilic" Genesis (long)
		Magog, has been suggested by some scholars to be Assyrian mat-Guggu (the land of Gog, alluding to Gyges of Lydia), if they are correct, this is a 7th century BCE marker.
		Lud or Lydia is unknown to the Assyrians before Asshurbanipal's time, the 7th century BCE.
		Put (Lybia) is first attested in Neo-Babylonian documents of the 7th century BCE.
	lists.ibiblio.org /pipermail/b-hebrew/2000-January/006208.html (858 words)

	MINT (PLANT) - LoveToKnow Article on MINT (PLANT) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		History of Minting.The earliest metallic money did not consist of coins, but of unminted metal in the form of rings and other ornaments or of weapons, which were used for thousands of years by the Egyptian, Chaldean and Assyrian Empires (see NUMISMATICS).
		According to Herodotus, the first mint was probably that established by Gyges in Lydia towards the end of the 8th century B.C. for the coining of gold, silver and electrum, an 1 Lenormant, La Monnpie dans I'antiquite, i.
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