希罗德的<<历史>>写的是哪一个帝国的历史

希罗德的<<历史>>写的是哪一个帝国的历史

The Story of Candaules and Gyges.
King Candaules was passionately in love with his
wife. One day he said to Gyges(Gyges, son of Daskylus), I don’t think you believe
me when I tell you how beautiful my wife is. And although Gyges replied he did
find the Queen magnificent, the King insisted he would find some way to prove
beyond dispute that she was fairest of all women.
I will hide you in the room where we sleep, said Candaules. When my wife comes to lie down she always lays her garments one by one on a seat near the entrance of the room, and from where you stand you will be able to gaze on her at your leisure…
And that evening, it’s exactly as the King had told him, she goes to the chair and removes her clothes, one by one, until she stand naked in full view of Gyges. And indeed she was more
lovely than he could have imagined.But then the Queen looked up and saw Gyges concealed in the shadows. And though she said nothing, she shuddered.
The next day she sent for Gyges and challenged him. And hearing his story, she said Either you must submit to death for gazing on that which you should not, or else kill my husband who shamed me and become King in his place. So Gyges killed the King and married the Queen and became ruler of Lydiafor twenty eight years.
#'Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, As She Goes to Bed'

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Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, As She Goes to Bed by William Etty. This image illustrates Herodotus's version of the tale of Gyges.
但直到今天它仍然在冥冥中发生...
Herodotus - Candaules, his wife and Gyges from Wikipedia
According to The Histories of Herodotus, Candaules bragged of his wife's incredible beauty to his favorite bodyguard Gyges. 'It appears you don't believe me when I tell you how lovely my wife is,' said Candaules. 'A man always believes his eyes better than his ears; so do as I tell you - contrive to see her naked.'
Gyges refused; he did not wish to dishonor the Queen by seeing her nude body. He also feared what the King might do to him if he did accept.
Candaules was insistent, and Gyges had no choice but to obey. Candaules detailed a plan by which Gyges would hide behind a door in the royal bedroom to observe the Queen disrobingbefore bed. Gyges would then leave the room while the Queen's back was turned.
That night, the plan was executed. However, the Queen saw Gyges as he left the room, and recognized immediately that she had been betrayed and shamed by her own husband. She silently swore to have her revenge, and began to arrange her own plan.
The next day, the Queen summoned Gyges to her chamber. Although Gyges thought nothing of the routine request, she confronted him immediately with her knowledge of his misdeed and her husband's. 'One of you must die,' she declared. 'Either my husband, the author of this wicked plot; or you, who have outraged propriety by seeing me naked.'
Gyges pleaded with the Queen not to force him to make this choice. She was relentless, and eventually he chose to betray the King so that he should live.
The Queen prepared for Gyges to kill Candaules by the same manner in which she was shamed. Gyges hid behind the door of the bedroom chamber with a knife provided bythe Queen, and killed him in his sleep. Gyges married the Queen and became King, and father to the Mermnad Dynasty.

你好！ 古希腊的历史。 仅代表个人观点，不喜勿喷，谢谢。