As Gyges could not escape, he consented. Candaules, when he judged it to be time for bed, brought Gyges into the chamber; his wife followed presently, and when she had come in and was laying aside her garments, Gyges saw her;
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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