List of Kings of Lydia

List of Kings of Lydia

This page lists the kings of Lydia, an ancient kingdom in western Anatolia. The Greeks of Homer’s time knew Lydia as Maeonia, which was probably an earlier name for the country. Three dynasties are mentioned by the ancient sources; the first is wholly mythical, the second begins in myth but emerges into the light of historical record, and the third is real. The earliest of these is contemporary with the rebellious governor Madduwattas of Zippasla and his successor Tarkhundaradu, mentioned in Hittite records; but any identification between them is speculation.

Kings of Lydia

Atyads (Tantalids)

"Herodotus gives the eponymous Manes as the first king of Maeonia, with a son named Atys (Atyllus). Other sources, such as Strabo, name Tmolus and his son Tantalus as kings of the region at the same time, ruling from Sipylus. Since Omphale is a member of both these families, it is conjectured that they are identical." [ [http://www.maicar.com/GML/Croesus.html Greek Mythology Link: Croesus] ] [ [http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Tantalus1.html Greek Mythology Link: Tantalus] ] [ [http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphePlouto.html Theoi Project Guide to Greek Mythology: Plouto] ]
*Manes (Tmolus) (gored to death by a bull)
*Omphale (widow of Tmolus, after whom she reigned)
*Atys (Tantalus) (son of Zeus and Plouto, stepson of Tmolus, offered up his son Pelops in a feast for the gods)
*Lydus (Broteas) (son of Tantalus and Dione, went mad and threw himself into a fire)
*(Tantalus) (son of Broteas, married Clytemnestra but never reigned in Lydia)

Heraclids (Tylonids)

"Usurping the throne, this semi-legendary dynasty, which established its capital at Sardis, comprised 22 kings reigning for 505 years, according to Herodotus. They were descended from a liaison between Omphale and the mythical hero Heracles (known as Tylon to the Lydians). The kingdom came to be called Lydia after the last king of the previous dynasty". [ [http://www.maicar.com/GML/Croesus.html Greek Mythology Link: Croesus] ]
*Agron 1221-? BC (son of Ninus, son of Belus, son of Alcaeus, son of Heracles and Omphale)
*(17 kings, names unknown, all succeeding father to son)
*Ardys I (Ardysus I) 795-759 BC (son of predecessor)
*Alyattes I 759-745 BC (son of Ardys I)
*Meles (Myrsus) 745-733 BC (son of Alyattes I)
*Candaules (Myrsilus) 733-716 BC (son of Meles, murdered by Gyges)

Mermnads

"Although fully historical, the dates for this dynasty have never been determined with certainty. The traditional dates are derived from Herodotus, who gives reign-lengths for each king; but these have been questioned by modern scholars on the basis of synchronisms with Assyrian history. Both versions are given here (with the latter in brackets)." [ [http://cgca.net/coglinks/wcglit/hoehcompendium/hhc1ch17.htm Compendium of World History: Homer and the Lydian Kings] ] [ [http://lexicorient.com/e.o/lydia.htm Encyclopaedia of the Orient: Lydia] ] [ [http://www.livius.org/men-mh/mermnads/mermnads.html Livius Articles on Ancient History: Mermnad dynasty] ]
*Gyges 716-678 BC ("or "c."680-644") (husband of Candaules's widow)
*Ardys II (Ardysus II) 678-629 BC ("or 644-"c".625") (son of Gyges)
*Sadyattes 629-617 BC ("or "c".625-"c".600") (son of Ardys II)
*Alyattes II 617-560 BC ("or "c".600-560") (son of Sadyattes)
*Croesus 560-546 BC ("or 560-547") (son of Alyattes II)

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