Herodotus tells us that the war lasted six years. Like the Medes, the Lydians were strong fighters on horseback. The Medes attacked Lydia, but soon discovered that they had come up against their toughest adversary yet. Not bad for a bunch of wild horsemen from the mountains. If the Medes conquered Lydia, they would be well on the way to becoming masters of the known world. Their next target was the empire of Lydia, which was rich in gold, and which looked out onto the Mediterranean sea and many other great prizes further afield. They had already conquered their former master, the empire of Assyria, and had made friends and allies with another great power of the East, Babylon. They were fierce warriors who swept speedily across great distances on horseback. For now I will tell you that they came for the Zagros mountains in the North West of the place we now call Iran. We are going to be hearing much more about the Medes later on in the histories. The other side was a new power, a people called the Medes. One was the Lydian Empire which covered most of what we now call Turkey. This is a story about a battle in which two great empires of the East came face to face. Listen on to to find out what some of their greatest thinkers knew about what was really going on in the skies. Well as it turns out, not all of them did. ItвЂ™s a pretty story, but you might think that the Greeks were a little bit simple to actually believe it.

He would then spend the rest of the day pulling the great fiery orb across the skies. Apollo was supposed to get up early in the morning and hitch the sun to the back of his chariot.

If you dont know that, then donвЂ™t worry, because we have a handy guide to the Greek gods and goddesses on, and you can check it out. Now if you are up to speed with your Greek mythology, you will know that the ancient Greek god of the sun was a chap called Apollo. Hello, this is Bertie, and IвЂ™m here with my latest story based on the Histories of Herodotus.

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Empire at war eclipse