Definition of Candaule. Meaning of Candaule. Synonyms of Candaule

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Candaule. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Candaule and, of course, Candaule synonyms and on the right images related to the word Candaule.

Definition of Candaule

No result for Candaule. Showing similar results...

Meaning of Candaule from wikipedia

- Candaules (died c.687 BC; Gr****: Κανδαύλης, Kandaulēs), also known as Myrsilos (Μυρσίλος), was a king of the ancient Kingdom of Lydia in the early years...
- Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, as She Goes to Bed, rarely known as The Imprudence of Candaules, is...
- The term is derived from an account in The Histories of Herodotus. King Candaules of ancient Lydia, according to the story, conceived a plot to show his...
- overthrowing his predecessor, the king Candaules of the Heraclid dynasty. Gyges was helped in his coup against Candaules by a Carian prince from Mylasa named...
- Le Roi Candaule (en. King Candaules) is a Grand ballet in four acts and six scenes, with c****ography by Marius Petipa and music by Cesare Pugni. The libretto...
- 29 October [O.S. 17 October] 1868. This was the colossal ballet Le Roi Candaule (known in Russian as Tsar Candavl), which was staged especially for the...
- variations, pas de deux and pas de trois in such ballets as La Camargo, Le Roi Candaule, Marcobomba and The Sleeping Beauty. Her enthusiasm often led her astray:...
- eng. 1906) Oeuvres d’Horace (1887) The Mirror of the World (1888) Le Roi Candaule (1893) Une nuit de Cléopâtre (1894) The Life and Adventures of Father Silas...
- and Psamtik III, and alluding to some 8th century BC persons such as Candaules. The accuracy of Herodotus' works is debated. Herodotus was succeeded...
- generations with son succeeding father all down the line from Agron to Candaules. While Candaules was the last of the Heraclids to reign at Sardis, Herodotus says...