Who was the rich king of Lydia renowned for his wealth?
Alyattes of Lydia Alyattes of Lydia Alyattes (reigned c.591–c.560 BC), sometimes described as Alyattes II, was the fourth king of the Mermnad dynasty in Lydia, the son of Sadyattes and grandson of Ardys. He was succeeded by his son Croesus. A battle between his forces and those of Cyaxares, king of Media, was interrupted by the solar eclipse on 28 May 584 BC. After this, a truce was agreed and Alyattes married his daughter Aryenis to Astyages, the son of Cyaxares. The alliance preserved Lydia for another generation, during which it enjoyed its most brilliant period. Alyattes continued to wage a war against
Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, as She Goes to Bed Errant", painted by John Everett Millais in 1870, which depicted the rescue of a distraught woman who has been stripped and tied to a tree. "The Knight Errant" was a return to the style developed by Etty in "Candaules" of forcing the viewer to feel complicity in witnessing the sexual degradation of a woman, and, particularly in early versions in which the woman's face was visible, attracted similar criticism. Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, as She Goes to Bed Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges,