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CHRISTOPHER BARON

University of Notre Dame

Lydian king, son of Gyges, second in the Mermnad dynasty. According to Herodotus, Ardys ruled for forty‐nine years, brought PRIENE under Lydian rule, and attacked MILETUS (1.15). Another tradition preserved by Nicolaus of Damascus (FGrHist 90 F63) gives his name as Alyattes (Pedley 1972, 22). We know from Assyrian documents that Gyges’ son (not named) succeeded to the Lydian throne c. 644 BCE (Cogan and Tadmor 1977, 79–80). It is possible that “Ardys” was in fact a title meaning “son” (Carruba 2003, 151–54), and Nicolaus (FGrHist 90 F44) also records an Ardys among the earlier Heraclid kings of LYDIA.

SEE ALSO: Alyattes; Assyrians; Gyges son of Dascylus; Mermnadae; Near Eastern History