c.1192 BC) was a legendary king of Lydia who is named by Herodotus as the first of the Lydian Heraclid dynasty. Before he assumed the throne, the ruling family had been the Maeonian line of Lydus, from whom the country's name was derived.
The legendary king of Lydia, dated to c.1192 BC, was a figure named by Herodotus as the first in the Lydian Heraclid dynasty. Prior to his ascension, the ruling family had been the Maeonian line of Lydus, from which the country's name is derived.