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Ring of Gyges - The legend | | Ring of Gyges - The legend: Encyclopedia II - Ring of Gyges - The legend | | According to the legend, Gyges of Lydia was a shepherd in the service of King Candaules of Lydia. After an earthquake, a cave was revealed in a mountainside where Gyges was feeding his flock. Entering the cave, Gyges discovered that it was in fact the tomb of an enthroned corpse who wore a golden ring, which Gyges pocketed.
Gyges then returned to his fellow shepherds, and began fumbling with the ring that he now wore. Gyges discovered that when he turned the collet of the ring to the inside of his hand, he became invisible to the othe ...
See also:Ring of Gyges, Ring of Gyges - The legend, Ring of Gyges - An alternative story, Ring of Gyges - The moral of the story, Ring of Gyges - Later adaptations of the tale, Ring of Gyges - Chrétien de Troyes, Ring of Gyges - J.R.R. Tolkien | | | Ring of Gyges, Ring of Gyges - An alternative story, Ring of Gyges - Chrétien de Troyes, Ring of Gyges - J.R.R. Tolkien, Ring of Gyges - Later adaptations of the tale, Ring of Gyges - The legend, Ring of Gyges - The moral of the story | | |
| | | Ring of Gyges: Encyclopedia II - Ring of Gyges - The legend
Ring of Gyges - The legend
According to the legend, Gyges of Lydia was a shepherd in the service of King Candaules of Lydia. After an earthquake, a cave was revealed in a mountainside where Gyges was feeding his flock. Entering the cave, Gyges discovered that it was in fact the tomb of an enthroned corpse who wore a golden ring, which Gyges pocketed.
Gyges then returned to his fellow shepherds, and began fumbling with the ring that he now wore. 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. He turned the ring the other way, and he reappeared; after several trials, he determined that the ring was indeed magical, and gave him the power to turn invisible at will.
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. King Croesus, famous for his wealth, was Gyges' descendant.
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