Gyges

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Lydian king founder of dynasty human king

Gyges was an early 7th-century BCE king of Lydia, known from both Greek and Near Eastern sources for founding the Mermnad dynasty and dramatically seizing the throne.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gyges canonical 9
Gyges of Lydia 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lydian king ⓘ
founder of dynasty ⓘ
human ⓘ
king ⓘ
associatedWithLegend Ring of Gyges ⓘ
attestedIn Annals of Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Assyrian royal inscriptions ⓘ
works of Herodotus ⓘ
surface form: Herodotus’ Histories
cameToPowerBy coup d’état ⓘ
regicide ⓘ
child Ardys II ⓘ
consulted Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
surface form: Oracle of Delphi
contemporaryOf Ashurbanipal ⓘ
country Lydia ⓘ
culturalDepiction paradigm of usurpation ⓘ
deathCause killed in battle ⓘ
diedInBattleAgainst Cimmerians ⓘ
dynastyFounded Mermnad dynasty ⓘ
enemyOf Cimmerians ⓘ
era Iron Age ⓘ
ethnicIdentity Lydians ⓘ
surface form: Lydian
father Dascylus ⓘ
floruit early 7th century BCE ⓘ
foreignPolicyAction intervened in Egyptian affairs ⓘ
killed Candaules ⓘ
knownFromSourceTradition Greek sources ⓘ
Near Eastern sources ⓘ
legitimizedRuleBy Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
surface form: Delphic oracle
mentionedBy Plato ⓘ
mentionedIn Plato's Republic ⓘ
surface form: Plato’s Republic (myth of the Ring of Gyges)
nameInGreek Γύγης ⓘ
nameVariant Guges ⓘ
Guggu ⓘ
Gugu ⓘ
notableFor dramatic seizure of the Lydian throne ⓘ
founding the Mermnad dynasty ⓘ
positionHeld Croesus ⓘ
surface form: King of Lydia
predecessor Candaules ⓘ
recognizedBy Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
surface form: Oracle of Delphi
region Western Anatolia ⓘ
reignedOver Lydia ⓘ
reignEndTime circa 644 BCE ⓘ
reignStartTime circa 680 BCE ⓘ
seizedThroneFrom Candaules ⓘ
sentEnvoysTo Ashurbanipal ⓘ
sentTroopsToAid Psamtik I ⓘ
surface form: Psammetichus I
spouse wife of Candaules ⓘ
successor Ardys II ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lydian Kingdom → ruler → Gyges ⓘ
Lydia → famousKing → Gyges ⓘ
Gyes → alternateNameOf → Gyges ⓘ
Gyes → hasAlternateName → Gyges ⓘ
Psamtik I → alliedWith → Gyges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gyges of Lydia
Ardys II → predecessor → Gyges ⓘ
Ardys II → father → Gyges ⓘ
Mermnad dynasty → namedAfter → Gyges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gyges of Lydia
Mermnad dynasty → hasFirstMonarch → Gyges ⓘ
Mermnad dynasty → hasMonarch → Gyges ⓘ
Mermnad dynasty → dynastyFounder → Gyges ⓘ