Then Bacchus, very pitiful for him, told Midas to go to Sardis, the chief city of his worshippers, and to trace to its source the river upon which it was built.
"A Book of Myths"
Jean Lang
But when Croesus went up against Cyrus, his army was put to flight, and Cyrus besieged him in the city of Sardis, and took it, and made himself lord of Lydia.
"The World's Greatest Books, Vol XI."
Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton
And he, having gathered the troops of the Ionians, who were at one with him, marched with them and the Athenians against Sardis and took the city, which by a chance was set on fire.
"The World's Greatest Books, Vol XI."
Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton