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THE TRAGEDY OF LAW: GYGES IN HERODOTUS AND PLATO.
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...that they say belonged to the ancestor of Gyges, the Lydian. [They say] he was a shepherd...Herodotus gives an account of the ascent of Gyges to the throne of Lydia. It is the first...her frequently to his trusted bodyguard, Gyges, but, troubled lest this claim not be...
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Nicolaus reads Euphiletus: a note on the Nachleben of Lysias 1.
Magazine article from: Ancient Narrative; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...prose narrative. The convoluted account of Gyges' rise to power offered by Nicolaus of...360b2. (3) In Nicolaus' version, Gyges' tale begins with the misfortunes of a...marries, and has a son of his own, Gyges. When we first meet Gyges he is a handsome...
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Zemlinsky's Konig Kandaules in Cologne
Magazine article from: Musical Opinion; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...In order to comfort his friend, the fisherman Gyges, who has murdered his wife because she was unfaithful, Kandaules offers Gyges his Ring and finally, with the utmost voyeurism, offers Gyges his beautiful wife Nyssia for a night of love...
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Ethics and police integrity
Magazine article from: FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...allude to an old Greek story, "The Ring of Gyges." The wearer of the ring was rendered...In the course of the tale, the shepherd Gyges is given the ring, and he uses it without...devices. But if we possessed the ring of Gyges, there would be no good reason for doing...
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When virtue can be its own reward; Public and private morality play key roles in shaping business.(OPED)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 7/15/2002; 700+ words
; ...those are good ideas, too). Plato recounts the myth of Gyges in a discussion of the meaning of justice: Socrates is...To bolster their position, they invoke the myth of Gyges. Gyges (as every schoolboy once knew) was a shepherd who served...
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WILLIAM P. MCMANUS; `THE GREATEST CHALLENGES ARE THOSE FROM WITHIN'
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...allude to an old Greek story, `The Ring of Gyges,' in which the wearer of the ring became...the material world as visible bodies do. Gyges is given the ring, and he uses it without...reprisal. Glaucon argued that anyone in Gyges' position would be foolish not to take...
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Ethics and police integrity.(Transcript)
Magazine article from: The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...allude to an old Greek story, "The Ring of Gyges." The wearer of the ring was rendered...In the course of the tale, the shepherd Gyges is given the ring, and he uses it without...devices. But if we possessed the ring of Gyges, there would be no good reason for doing...
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Doesn't anyone blush anymore?
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...king Candaules, who persuaded his friend Gyges to peep at his beautiful wife as she undressed in the royal bedroom. At first Gyges resists, saying, "...would you have...Finally, Candaules virtually coerces Gyges. But the queen spies him stealing away...
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Honour is a survivor in our politics.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 1/11/2010; 700+ words
; ...subsequently adapted by Tolkien. It is that of Gyges' ring, the bearer of which has the power...be forced to contemplate the parable of Gyges' ring. For in politics, it matters that...Of course, there is no such thing as Gyges' ring, and the politician who risks everything...
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The moral sense: ancient and modern. (James Q. Wilson's 'The Moral Sense')
Magazine article from: Criminal Justice Ethics; 6/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...posits the telling story of the ring of Gyges. This ring has a certain magical quality...show him why, even if he had the ring of Gyges, he would not kin the king and seduce...unjust. Why, if any of us had the ring of Gyges, would we not pursue secretly our own...
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