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
§ 1
Hdt. 1.15 — in the reign of Ardys the Cimmerians, driven from their homes by the nomad Scythians, come into Asia and capture Sardis except the citadel; expelled by Alyattes at Hdt. 1.16希罗多德 1.15——阿尔杜斯在位时，辛梅里安人为游牧斯基泰人所逐入亚细亚，取萨迪斯，唯卫城不下；1.16 载阿律阿铁斯将其逐出
Diodorus Siculus — Library of History （狄奥多罗斯·历史丛书）dated witness · 系年见证31 loci · well-attested
§ 12.12–19
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。
On the timeline时间轴上
→ See this and all 18 historians on the chronology spine于编年脊柱上一览本事件与全部 18 位史家