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grbs-5191	Evans, J. A. S.	“Candaules, whom the Greeks name Myrsilus ...”	1985	5	.pdf	application/pdf	2089	80	67	Xanthus. EVANS, J. A. S., Candaules whom the Greeks name Myrsilus... , Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, 26:3 (1985:Autumn) p.229 1. A. S. EVANS 231 There was also a Lydian god named Candaules, who was equated with Hermes:15 Hipponax16 calls the latter KVva'YX'YI~ (dog-throttler)­ appropriately in this context, for Candaules is made up of two Indo­ European roots meaning 'dog' and 'to strangle' P and he seems to have received sacrificial meals of dog meat.l8 'Candaules' may have been a sacral name for the king.19 The reason why Herodotus pre­ ferred it, we may suspect, was that it sounded authentically Lydian, whereas 'Myrsilus' did not. 8 W. W. How and J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotus I (Oxford 1928) 21, suggest that Herodotus used Aeschylus for scenes of the Persian court, but the dissimilarities seem to outweigh the parallels.	cache/grbs-5191.pdf	txt/grbs-5191.txt