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| χρόνου δὲ οὐ πολλοῦ διελθόντος (χρῆν γὰρ Κανδαύλῃ γενέσθαι κακῶς) ἔλεγε πρὸς τὸν Γύγην τοιάδε. |
| Not long afterwards (Candaules was fated to turn out badly), he told him the following. |
| Herodotus Histories 1.8 |
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