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Thus the Mermnadae robbed the Heraclidae of the sovereignty and took it for themselves. Having gotten it, Gyges sent many offerings to Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi : there are very many silver offerings of his there; and besides the silver, he dedicated a hoard of gold, among which six golden bowls are the offerings especially worthy of mention.
Thus the Mermnadae robbed the Heraclidae of the sovereignty and took it for themselves. Having gotten it, Gyges sent many offerings to Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi : there are very many silver offerings of his there; and besides the silver, he dedicated a hoard of gold, among which six golden bowls are the offerings especially worthy of mention.
[2] These weigh thirty talents
1
and stand in the treasury
2
of the
Corinthians; although in truth it is not the treasury of the
Corinthian people but of
Cypselus son of
Eetion. This
Gyges then was the first foreigner whom we know who placed offerings at
Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus)
Delphi
after the king of
Phrygia (region (general)), Turkey, Asia
Phrygia
,
Midas son of
Gordias.
[3] For
Midas too made an offering: namely, the royal seat on which he sat to give judgment, and a marvellous seat it is. It is set in the same place as the bowls of
Gyges. This gold and the silver offered by
Gyges is called by the
Delphians “
Gygian” after its dedicator.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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