Herodotus 1.14: on Gyges' dedications at Delphi. "Once Gyges was king [of Lydia], he sent a fair number of votive offerings to Delphi. In fact, no one has dedicated more silver offerings at Delphi than him, and apart from the silver, he dedicated a huge amount of gold there. The six golden bowls dedicated by him are particularly worth mentioning.They weigh thirty talents and stand in the Corinthian treasury . . . Gyges was the first non-Greek to dedicate offerings at Delphi since the Phrygian kingMidas son of Gordias had done so. For Midas made an offering too, of the throne on which he had used to sit to deliver verdicts on legal matters, and it is worth seeing."

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