Lydian Collection

The Lydian Plain near Sardis, Asia Minor (Turkey), 1878. Creator: Harald Jerichau
The Lydian Plain near Sardis, Asia Minor (Turkey), 1878

Cyrus and Croesus, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Cyrus and Croesus, 1890. Croesus, king of Lydia, reigned from 560 BC until his defeat by Persian king Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid empire in 546 BC

Ruins of the Temple of Cybele at Sardis, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Temple of Cybele at Sardis, 1890. The Temple of Cybele in Sardis, Lydia built c6th century BC, was destroyed by Greeks in 499 BC. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

Relief of Syrians or Lydians, the Apadana, Persepolis, Iran. The capital of Achaemenid Persia, Persepolis was predominantly built during the reigns of the dynastys founder

King Candaules, after 1859. Artist: Jean-Leon Gerome
King Candaules, after 1859. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. Candaules was a king of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, ruling from 735 until 718 BC

Croesus, last king of Lydia from c560 BC. Croesus was defeated and imprisoned by Cyrus the Great of Persia in 546 BC. Legend has it that Croesus was condemned to be burned alive

Statue of Omphale. Roman, after a Greek model of 3rd-2nd century BC. According to Greek mythology, Omphale was a Queen of Lydia

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