Definition of Nyssia. Meaning of Nyssia. Synonyms of Nyssia

- Nyssia may refer to: a synonym for the Lycia (moth) Nyssia, the wife of Candaules, a king of the ancient Kingdom of Lydia This disambiguation page lists...
- Herodotus does not name the queen but later artists and writers have called her Nyssia. Candaules often told his favourite bodyguard, Gyges, how beautiful the...
- to hide in the couple's bedroom and watch his wife Nyssia undress, to prove to him her beauty. Nyssia notices Gyges spying and challenges him to either...
- Cramer, 1799 Latoia lepida (Cramer, 1799) Limacodes graciosa Westwood, 1848 Nyssia latitascia Walker, 1855 Neaera media Walker, 1855 Parasa lepida lepidula...
- Schiffermüller, 1775) Synonyms Geometra zonaria Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775 Ithysia britannica Harrison, 1912 Ithysia rossica Harrison, 1910 Nyssia zonaria...
- in order to behold the naked Nyssia. Events turn against the king, when the invisible Gyges spends the night with Nyssia, who mistakes the fisherman for...
- Limacodidae Genus: Latoia Species: L. albifrons Binomial name Latoia albifrons Guérin-Méneville, 1844 Synonyms Nyssia florifera Herrich-Schäffer, 1854...
- Limacodinae Genus: Miresa Walker, 1855 Type species Nyssia albipuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Synonyms Nyssia Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Miresopsis Matsumura, 1927...
- 2004), p. 114 ff., limited preview. Her name is traditionally known as 'Nyssia', but this is not found in Herodotus. Apparently this name was supplied...
- spy on his wife Nyssia undressing without her knowledge. Gyges is discovered and at Nyssia's behest kills Candaules, marries Nyssia and rules the kingdom...