(solareclipse: Herodotus 1.74): ". . . so war broke out between the Lydians and theMedes. The war lasted for five years [but then]. . . In the sixth year . . . in the middle of the battle day suddenly became night. Thales of Miletus had predicted this loss of daylight to the Ionians by establishing in advance that it would happen within the limits of the year in which it did in fact happen.When the Lydians and the Medes saw that night had replaced day, they did not just stop fighting: both sides also more actively wanted an end to the war.Peace between them was brokered [by the king ofCilicia and the king of Babylon] . . ."

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