Candaules king of Lidia, shewing the secretes of his wyues beautie to
Gyges, one of his guarde: was by counsaile of his wife, slaine by the
said Gyges, and depriued of his kingdome.
[_Source and Origin._--Herodotus, i. 7-13.
_Parallels._--Justin, i. 7. _Mod._: Guicciardini, 44; Federmann,
_Erquickstunden_, 1574, 65; Albertinus, 186; Kirchhof, iv. 1.
_Painter_, I. i. 19; II. i. 18; III. i. 32; IV. i. 46.]