ὡς δὲ ἤρτυσαν τὴν ἐπιβουλήν , νυκτὸς γενομένης ( οὐ γὰρ ἐμετίετο ὁ Γύγης , οὐδέ οἱ ἦν ἀπαλλαγὴ οὐδεμία , ἀλλʼ ἔδεε ἤ αὐτὸν ἀπολωλέναι ἢ Κανδαύλεα) εἵπετο ἐς τὸν θάλαμον τῇ γυναικί , καί μιν ἐκείνη , ἐγχειρίδιον δοῦσα , κατακρύπτει ὑπὸ τὴν αὐτὴν θύρην .
καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἀναπαυομένου Κανδαύλεω ὑπεκδύς τε καὶ ἀποκτείνας αὐτὸν ἔσχε καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ τὴν βασιληίην Γύγης τοῦ καὶ Ἀρχίλοχος ὁ Πάριος κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον γενόμενος ἐν ἰάμβῳ τριμέτρῳ ἐπεμνήσθη .
History. Herodotus. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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