Explore Gyges through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Gyges in a sentence
Gyges meaning
One of the Hecatoncheires.
Using Gyges
- The main meaning on this page is: One of the Hecatoncheires.
Context around Gyges
- Average sentence length in these examples: 35.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gyges
- In this selection, "gyges" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 35.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include bc and gyges are believed and gyges ca 687. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gyges" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gyges
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Gyges (ca. 687—652 BC) was, however, defeated on the banks of the Hermus, the situation of the battlefield showing that the power of Smyrna extended far to the east. (30 words)
The historical Midas of the 8th century BC and Gyges are believed to have been contemporaries, so it seems most likely that Herodotus believed that the throne was donated by the earlier, legendary King Midas. (35 words)
Gyges was the son of Dascylus, who, when recalled from banishment in Cappadocia by the Lydian king Myrsilos—called Candaules "the Dog-strangler" (a title of the Lydian Hermes) by the Greeks—sent his son back to Lydia instead of himself. (41 words)
Gyges was the son of Dascylus, who, when recalled from banishment in Cappadocia by the Lydian king Myrsilos—called Candaules "the Dog-strangler" (a title of the Lydian Hermes) by the Greeks—sent his son back to Lydia instead of himself. (41 words)
The historical Midas of the 8th century BC and Gyges are believed to have been contemporaries, so it seems most likely that Herodotus believed that the throne was donated by the earlier, legendary King Midas. (35 words)
Gyges (ca. 687—652 BC) was, however, defeated on the banks of the Hermus, the situation of the battlefield showing that the power of Smyrna extended far to the east. (30 words)
Example sentences (3)
Gyges (ca. 687—652 BC) was, however, defeated on the banks of the Hermus, the situation of the battlefield showing that the power of Smyrna extended far to the east.
Gyges was the son of Dascylus, who, when recalled from banishment in Cappadocia by the Lydian king Myrsilos—called Candaules "the Dog-strangler" (a title of the Lydian Hermes) by the Greeks—sent his son back to Lydia instead of himself.
The historical Midas of the 8th century BC and Gyges are believed to have been contemporaries, so it seems most likely that Herodotus believed that the throne was donated by the earlier, legendary King Midas.