According to the legend, the ancestor of Gyges of Lydia was a shepherd in the service of King Candaules of Lydia. After an earthquake, a cave was revealed in a mountainside where Gyges was feeding his flock. Entering the cave, Gyges discovered that it was in fact a tomb with a bronze horse containing a corpse, larger than that of a man, who wore a golden ring, which Gyges pocketed. He discovered that the ring gave him the power to become invisible by adjusting it. Gyges then arranged to be chosen as one of the messengers who reported to the king as to the status of the flocks. Arriving at the palace, Gyges used his new power of invisibility to seduce the queen, and with her help he murdered the king, and became king of Lydia himself. King Croesus, famous for his wealth, was Gyges' descendant. It granted its owner the power to become invisible at will. Through the story of the ring, The Republic discusses whether a typical person would be moral if they did not have to fear the consequences of their actions.
Ring of Gyges
The girl stuck her out my tongue, biting down on it as her leg muscles ripped in pain, as she pulled a clear piece of glass from her leg, letting the crimson blood fall from it, making her leg sting like hell. It is to be expected after jumping out a window though.
Flinching as she knelt, she looked passed the curtain of the small roof garden she'd acquired, seeing if the coast was clear.
It was, all the soldiers had given up, not bothered to chase after a 'thief' when assassins where running around.
She wrapped the package in some more cloth, stolen - from the stall that caused her to jump out of a window - and tied it so it could be wrapped round her back for easy carry across the roof tops. Slipping the makeshift bag over her shoulders, making it look like a sash, she jumped out of the roof garden and ran to her destination where her client would be waiting.
