called also Myresilus, king of Lydia, was assassinated by his favourite Gyges, at the instigation of the queen, who took this revenge because her husband, through excess of vanity, had secretly exhibited to that officer her naked charms. She then married the murderer, who mounted the throne, B.C. 715. (See Herod. i. 7-13; Justin. i. 7; Plat. De Republ. ii. p. 309.)