This Candaules , then, fell
 in love with his own wife, so much so that he believed her to be by far the
 most beautiful woman in the world; and believing this, he praised her beauty
 beyond measure to Gyges son of Dascylus , who was his favorite among his bodyguard; for it was to
 Gyges that he entrusted all his most important
 secrets. After a little while, Candaules , doomed to
 misfortune, spoke to Gyges thus: “ Gyges , I do not think that you believe what I say about the
 beauty of my wife; men trust their ears less than their eyes: so you must
 see her naked.” Gyges protested loudly at this.
 “Master,” he said, “what an unsound suggestion, that I should see my
 mistress naked! When a woman's clothes come off, she dispenses with her
 modesty, too. Men have long ago made wise rules from which one ought to learn; one of
 these is that one should mind one's own business. As for me, I believe that
 your queen is the most beautiful of all women, and I ask you not to ask of
 me what is lawless.” Speaking thus, Gyges 
 resisted: for he was afraid that some evil would come of it for him. But
 this was Candaules ' answer: “Courage, Gyges ! Do not be afraid of me, that I say this to test
 you, or of my wife, that you will have any harm from her. I will arrange it
 so that she shall never know that you have seen her.