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The ring of Gyges I
There was once a shepherd named Gyges in the service of the rule of Lydia. There was a gaint thunderstorm, and an earthquake broke open the ground and created a chasm at the place where he was tending his sheep. Seeing this, he was filled with amazement and went down into it. And there he saw a hollow bronze horse. There was window-like openings in it, and peeking in, he saw a corpse wearing nothing but a gold ring on his finger. So he took the ring and came out of the chasm. He wore the ring at his usual monthly meeting that reported to the king on the state of the flocks. And as he was sitting among the others, he happened to turn the setting of the ring towards himself, to the inside of the hand. And when he did this, he became invisible to those sitting near him, and they went on talking as if he had gone. He wondered about this, and fingering the ring, he turned the setting outwards again, and became visible, So he experimented with the ring to test whether it indeed had this power, and it did. If he turned the setting inward, he became invisible, and if he turned it outward, he became visible again. When he realized this, he arranged to become one of the messengers sent to report to the king. And when he arrived there, he seduced the king's wife, with her help,attacked and killed the king, and took over the kingdom.
Having squandered my time for the sake of some temptation, I finally and fortunately found a plausible way to get out of the backwater. Without the basic common college student's social practice, I need a way just to say something, conforming to the rule and calming down to think of my own life.
Morality and law is a everlasting topic in human history. This story can be a good starting point, though a little superstitious and increadible. What's more, a well-known conclusion following that those who act in conformity with the moral code of their society do so because they lack the power to do injustice.It's more about hypocrite and saint. Further study is going on.
