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.

As soon as Gyges came to the throne, he too, like others, led an army into the lands of Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus) Miletus and Smyrna [27.1667,38.4167] (Perseus) Smyrna; and he took the city of Colophon [27.1333,38.1167] (Perseus) Colophon. But as he did nothing else great in his reign of thirty-eight years, I shall say no more of him, and shall speak instead of Ardys son of Gyges, who succeeded him. He took Priene [27.2833,37.6333] (Perseus) Priene and invaded the country of Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus) Miletus; and it was while he was monarch of Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis that the Cimmerians, driven from their homes by the nomad Scythians, came into Asia (continent)Asia, and took Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis, all but the acropolis.