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All was then prepared for the attack, and when night fell, Gyges,
seeing that he had no retreat or escape, but must absolutely either
slay Candaules, or himself be slain, followed his mistress into the
sleeping-room. She placed a dagger in his hand and hid him carefully
behind the self-same door. Then Gyges, when the king was fallen
asleep, entered privily into the chamber and struck him dead. Thus
did the wife and kingdom of Candaules pass into the possession of
Gyges, of whom Archilochus the Parian, who lived about the same
time, made mention in a poem written in iambic trimeter verse.
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