Ἱστορίαι Ἡροδότου — ιε’

Ἐσέβαλε μέν νυν στρατιὴν καὶ οὗτος ἐπείτε ἦρξε ἔς τε Μίλητον καὶ ἐς Σμύρνην, καὶ Κολοφῶνος τὸ ἄστυ εἷλε· ἀλλʼ οὐδὲν γὰρ μέγα ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ ἄλλο ἔργον ἐγένετο βασιλεύσαντος δυῶν δέοντα τεσσεράκοντα ἔτεα, τοῦτον μὲν παρήσομεν τοσαῦτα ἐπιμνησθέντες, Ἄρδυος δὲ τοῦ Γύγεω μετὰ Γύγην βασιλεύσαντος μνήμην ποιήσομαι. οὗτος δὲ Πριηνέας τε εἷλε ἐς Μίλητόν τε ἐσέβαλε, ἐπὶ τούτου τε τυραννεύοντος Σαρδίων Κιμμέριοι ἐξ ἠθέων ὑπὸ Σκυθέων τῶν νομάδων ἐξαναστάντες ἀπίκοντο ἐς τὴν Ἀσίην καὶ Σάρδις πλὴν τῆς ἀκροπόλιος εἷλον.

Esebale men nyn stratiēn kai houtos epeite ērxe es te Milēton kai es Smyrnēn, kai Kolophōnos to asty heile; allʼ ouden gar mega apʼ autou allo ergon egeneto basileusantos dyōn deonta tesserakonta etea, touton men parēsomen tosauta epimnēsthentes, Ardyos de tou Gygeō meta Gygēn basileusantos mnēmēn poiēsomai. houtos de Priēneas te heile es Milēton te esebale, epi toutou te tyranneuontos Sardiōn Kimmerioi ex ētheōn hypo Skytheōn tōn nomadōn exanastantes apikonto es tēn Asiēn kai Sardis plēn tēs akropolios heilon.

As he ruled, he sent his army into Miletus and Smyrna and caputed the city of Colophon. As not many other great deeds happened through him during his 38 year long reign, we will turn our attention, instead, to those things Arduos of Gyges — who ruled after Gyges — did. He captured Priene and invaded Miletus and during his being king of Sardis, the Cimmmerians were forced to leave their home by the Scythian nomads who went into Asia and caputured all of Sardis, except the Akropolis.