[1] Other sources, such as Strabo, name Tmolus and his son Tantalus as kings of the region about the same time, supposedly ruling from the land about Mount Sipylus,[2] but it is asserted that these two were the same people as Manes and Atys, especially as Omphale is a member of both families.
[7] Herodotus says the Heraclids ruled Lydia for 505 years through 22 generations with son succeeding father all down the line from Agron to Candaules.
The traditional dates are derived from Herodotus, who gives some reign-lengths, but these have been questioned by modern scholars on the basis of synchronisms with Assyrian history.
[14] There were five kings, all historical figures, in the Mermnad line: Gyges died in battle c.644 BCE, fighting against the Cimmerians, and was succeeded by Ardys.
Cyrus annexed Lydia after the Siege of Sardis which ended in early 546 BC, but the fate of Croesus himself is uncertain.