Clara haec felicitas: obscurior illa, sed divino <ore regio> splendori praeposita: cum enim Gyges, regno Lydiae armis et divitiis abundantissimo inflatus, Apollinem Pythium sciscitatum venisset an aliquis mortalium se esset felicior, deus, ex abdito sacrarii specu voce missa, Aglaum Psophidium ei praetulit.
Metellus good fortune is famous, the following is less well-known but by divine utterance judged superior to regal splendour. Gyges, puffed up by the sovereignty of Lydia abounding in arms and wealth, came to Pythian Apollo to ask whether any mortal was more fortunate than himself. From the hidden cavern of his sanctuary the gods voice was given forth putting Aglaus of Psophis ahead of him.
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