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Adolphe Weisz · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

Nyssia

mythical consort of King Candaules

Wikidata (Q18720650) ↗

Details

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: female
Spouse: Candaules, Gyges of Lydia
Child: Ardys II
Occupation: monarch
appointed by: Ptolemaeus Chennus
significant event: Gyges in the bedchamber of King Candaules

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Appears in

Le Roi Candaule

Subject of

The wife of King Candaules

Depicted in

Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, as She Goes to Bed
King Candaules of Lydia Showing his Wife to Gyges
King Candaules
Kandaules' wife discovers Gyges
Nyssia
The wife of King Candaules
King Candaules's wife
Nu de dos
Gyges Spying on Queen Nyssia in the bedroom of King Candaules
Gyges and King Candaules

Parent of

Ardys II

Spouse of

Gyges of Lydia
Candaules