The accounts记述 · the ancient witnesses
Greek historians · 希腊史家
Herodotus — Histories （希罗多德·历史）primary source · 源典
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Hdt. 1.74 — five years of war between Lydians and Medes; day turned to night in the midst of battle, as Thales had foretold; the peace and the marriage alliance brokered by Syennesis and Labynetus希罗多德 1.74——吕底亚与米底交战五年；战中白昼变夜，泰勒斯先已预告；西恩涅西斯与拉比涅托斯居间促成和约与联姻
Provenance: “primary source” = curated canonical witness (editorial); “dated witness” = derived from the ToposText date index by year-span, with the matched loci count. Sparse counts may include incidental mentions.出处：「源典」为校订之正典见证（编辑判断）；「系年见证」由 ToposText 系年索引按年代跨度推得，附匹配条目数；稀少者或含偶涉。
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