7. Now the supremacy which had belonged to the Heracleidai came to the family of Croesus, called Mermnadai, in the following manner:-Candaules, whom the Hellenes call Myrsilos, was ruler of Sardis and a descendant of Alcaios, son of Heracles:
Heleniarrek Myrsilo izenez ezagutzen duten Kandaules, Sardesko tiranoa izateaz gainera, Alzeo Heraklesenaren jatorrikoa zen.