Candaules

Also known as: Myrsilos · Family: Lydian · Role: ruler of Sardis and son of Myrsos · First appears: Book 1 · §1–8

Life events

Gyges slew Candaules and obtained his wife and kingdom.(Book 1 · §9–18)
- With: Gyges
- “Then afterwards, while Candaules was sleeping, Gyges came privily up to him and slew him, and he obtained both his wife and his kingdom”

parent: Myrsos “Candaules the son of Myrsos was the last”
with Gyges (Candaules favored Gyges and confided in him.) “to Gyges the son of Daskylos (for he of all his spearmen was the most pleasing to him), to this Gyges, I say, he used to impart as well the more weighty of his affairs as also the beauty of his wife, praising it above measure”
with Alcaios (interaction) “Candaules, whom the Hellenes call Myrsilos, was ruler of Sardis and a descendant of Alcaios, son of Heracles:”
with Agron (Candaules succeeded Agron in the line of Heracleidai kings.) “Candaules, whom the Hellenes call Myrsilos, was ruler of Sardis and a descendant of Alcaios, son of Heracles: for Agron, the son of Ninos, the son of Belos, the son of Alcaios, was the first of the Heracleidai who became king of Sardis, and Candaules the son of Myrsos was the last;”
servant: Gyges “to Gyges the son of Daskylos (for he of all his spearmen was the most pleasing to him),”

servant: Gyges (Candaules is described as Gyges's master.) “so that thou mayest not in future, by obeying Candaules in all things, see that which thou shouldest not.”
with Gyges (Gyges becomes king of Lydia after Candaules.) “So the Oracle gave answer, and Gyges accordingly became king:”

child: Damasithymos “of Caria, Histiaios son of Tymnes, Pigres son of Hysseldomos, and Damasithymos son of Candaules.”

Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.