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Alyattes (Lydian language: 𐤥𐤠𐤩𐤥𐤤𐤯𐤤𐤮 Walweteś; [2] Ancient Greek: Ἀλυάττης Aluáttēs; reigned c. 635-585 BC [3]), sometimes described as Alyattes I, was the fourth king of the Mermnad dynasty in Lydia, the son of Sadyattes, grandson of Ardys, and great-grandson of Gyges.
Alyattes was the king of Lydia, in west-central Anatolia (reigned c. 610–c. 560 bc), whose conquest created the powerful but short-lived Lydian empire. Soon after succeeding his father, King Sadyattes, Alyattes started five consecutive years of raids that devastated the farmland around the Greek.
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Croesus was born in 620 BC to the king Alyattes of Lydia and one of his queens, a Carian noblewoman whose name is still unknown. Croesus had at least one full sister, Aryenis, as well as a step-brother named Pantaleon, born from a Ionian wife of Alyattes. [8] [9]
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Lydia (Ancient Greek: Λυδία, romanized: Lūdiā; Latin: Lȳdia) was an Iron Age kingdom situated in the west of Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey. Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire. Its capital was Sardis.
Nov 5, 2022 · The Cimmerians were defeated by Alyattes (r. c. 635-585 BCE) father of Croesus (r. 560-546 BCE), who becomes Herodotus’ focus for the first part of Book I of the Histories. Under Alyattes, the first coins in the world were minted – made of electrum – while under the reign of Croesus, they were minted of gold.
- Joshua J. Mark
- Herodotus' account of Lydia focuses primarily on the rise and fall of the Lydian king Croesus but includes tacit criticism of Lydian customs and ot...
- Herodotus discusses Lydia in Book I:6-94. The story of the famous response of the Oracle at Delphi comes at I.53.
- Yes. Herodotus' account of Lydia is accurate but carefully presented to appeal to a Greek audience at Lydia's expense.
- The region of Lydia is in present-day Turkey.
Alyattes (ălēă´tēz), d. 560 BC, king of Lydia. During his reign, Alyattes expanded his kingdom. He made peace (585 BC) with Cyaxares of Media, continued the Lydian conquest of the Ionian cities of Asia Minor, drove the Cimmerians from Asia, and subdued the Carians.
After Gyges, Ardys, and Sadyattes, Alyattes was the fourth king of Lydia. His name may be derived from the Lydian word walwi, 'lion'. Alyattes' father and grandfather had consolidated the kingdom in western Turkey, and Alyattes embarked upon a policy of conquest.
