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    Candaules (died c.687 BC; Greek: Κανδαύλης, Kandaulēs), also known as Myrsilos (Μυρσίλος), was a king of the ancient Kingdom of Lydia in the early years...
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    The term is derived from an account in The Histories of Herodotus. King Candaules of ancient Lydia, according to the story, conceived a plot to show his...
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    Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, as She Goes to Bed, rarely known as The Imprudence of Candaules, is...
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    overthrowing his predecessor, the king Candaules of the Heraclid dynasty. Gyges was helped in his coup against Candaules by a Carian prince from Mylasa named...
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  • Le Roi Candaule (en. King Candaules) is a Grand ballet in four acts and six scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Cesare Pugni. The libretto...
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    eng. 1906) Oeuvres d’Horace (1887) The Mirror of the World (1888) Le Roi Candaule (1893) Une nuit de Cléopâtre (1894) The Life and Adventures of Father Silas...
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    The Pharaoh's Daughter (1862) The Little Humpbacked Horse (1864) Le Roi Candaule (1868) Don Quixote (1869) La Bayadère (1877) The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)...
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    and Psamtik III, and alluding to some 8th century BC persons such as Candaules. The accuracy of Herodotus' works is debated. Herodotus was succeeded...
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    passed to Candaules, who disdained it and gave it to one of his companions to carry. When Gyges rebelled and was making war upon Candaules, Arselis came...
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  • subordinate of King Candaules of Lydia, that he killed Candaules and seized the throne, and that he had either seduced Candaules' Queen before killing...
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