Son of Kandaules, a Lydian from Sardis, historian, born at the time of the capture of Sardis.[1] [He wrote a] Lydian History in 4 books.
In the second of these he reports that Gyges, the king of the Lydians, was the first to eunuchize women so as to enjoy them in an ever-youthful state.[2]
This Xanthos [Myth, Place] reports that a certain Alkimos,[3] a very reverent and most gentle man, was king of the land there, and that under him there was profound peace and much wealth, while everyone lived without fear and without guile; then, when Alkimos was seven[ty?] years old,[4] the whole Lydian people came forth publicly and prayed and sought that such years be given to Alkimos for the good of the Lydians; and this happened; and they lived in much good fortune and prosperity.[5]