/// King Candaules thought none would believe
how his wife looked when naked as Eve.
He told Gyges, “Her beauty
must be seen; it’s your duty.”
But she woke before Gyges could leave.
/// G. was summoned next day by the Queen.
“Vile voyeur, you must now choose between
suicide (for your sin),
or do Candaules in.”
So he skewered the King through the spleen.
/// King Candaules thought none would believe
how his wife looked when naked as Eve.
He told Gyges, “Her beauty
must be seen; it’s your duty.”
But she woke before Gyges could leave.
/// G. was summoned next day by the Queen.
“Vile voyeur, you must now choose between
suicide (for your sin),
or do Candaules in.”
So he skewered the King through the spleen.