Alyattes
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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I shall be better able to extend my small revenues, by contracting my desires, than if I could join the kingdom of Alyattes to the Phrygian plains.
From The Works of Horace by Horace
At length Alyattes died and Crœsus succeeded him.
From Cyrus the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
He felt under this obligation because Astyages was his brother-in-law; for the latter had married, many years before, a daughter of Alyattes, who was the father of Crœsus.
From Cyrus the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
Ardys was succeeded by his son Tadyattes, who reigned twelve years; and his son and successor, Alyattes, expelled the Cimmerians from Asia Minor.
From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord
Lydia had, after the collapse of the Cimmerian power, absorbed Phrygia, and its ambitious king, Alyattes, waged war against the Medes.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald Alexander Mackenzie
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