Ring of Gyges (English Wikipedia)

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Wood, Ralph C. (2003). The Gospel According to Tolkien. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-664-23466-9.
Nagy, Gergely (2007). Drout, Michael D. C. (ed.). J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Taylor & Francis. p. 513. ISBN 978-0-415-96942-0.
West, Richard C. (2003-08-27), Chance, Jane (ed.), "Real-world myth in a secondary world: mythological aspects in the story of Beren and Lúthien", Tolkien the Medievalist, Routledge, pp. 263–264, ISBN 978-1-134-43971-3, retrieved 2024-01-11, The situation is full of resonances from other traditional tales: [...] the Ring of Gyges in Plato's Republic
Kreeft, Peter (2009-09-03). The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings. Ignatius Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-68149-531-6. As Plato used the Ring to contrast Gyges with Socrates, Tolkien uses the same Ring to contrast Gollum with Frodo [...]
Korpua, Jyrki (2021-05-10). The Mythopoeic Code of Tolkien: A Christian Platonic Reading of the Legendarium. McFarland. p. 159. ISBN 978-1-4766-7288-5. [...] Tolkien's ring myth is the Platonic myth of Gyges from the Republic, [...]
Day, David (2019-10-08). An Encyclopedia of Tolkien: The History and Mythology That Inspired Tolkien's World. Simon and Schuster. pp. 302, 180–181. ISBN 978-1-64517-009-9. "Plato was extremely influential in Tolkien's mythopoetic approach to literature […]" (p. 302), "[...] as in the case of Gyges [...]" (p. 181)
Comstock, Gary (2013-01-03). Research Ethics: A Philosophical Guide to the Responsible Conduct of Research. Cambridge University Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-139-61884-7. "[...] the mythical golden ring of Gyges. [...] Yes, it's the same ring we see in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings [...]
Rogers, Brett M.; Stevens, Benjamin Eldon (2017). Classical Traditions in Modern Fantasy. Oxford University Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-19-061006-7. The Ring has been compared to Gyges [...]'

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Laird, A. (2001). "Ringing the Changes on Gyges: Philosophy and the Formation of Fiction in Plato's Republic". Journal of Hellenic Studies. 121: 12–29. doi:10.2307/631825. JSTOR 631825. S2CID 170951759.
Smith, Kirby Flower (1902). "The Tale of Gyges and the King of Lydia". American Journal of Philology. 23 (4): 361–387. doi:10.2307/288700. JSTOR 288700.

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Laird, A. (2001). "Ringing the Changes on Gyges: Philosophy and the Formation of Fiction in Plato's Republic". Journal of Hellenic Studies. 121: 12–29. doi:10.2307/631825. JSTOR 631825. S2CID 170951759.
Smith, Kirby Flower (1902). "The Tale of Gyges and the King of Lydia". American Journal of Philology. 23 (4): 361–387. doi:10.2307/288700. JSTOR 288700.

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Laird, A. (2001). "Ringing the Changes on Gyges: Philosophy and the Formation of Fiction in Plato's Republic". Journal of Hellenic Studies. 121: 12–29. doi:10.2307/631825. JSTOR 631825. S2CID 170951759.

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Plato. "Republic" (in Ancient Greek). Section 359d. τῷ [Γύγου] τοῦ Λυδοῦ προγόνῳ
Plato (1969). "Republic". Translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press. Book 10, Section 612b. Socrates refers to the ring as "the ring of Gyges" (τὸν Γύγου δακτύλιον). For this reason, the story is simply called "The Ring of Gyges".

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Plato (1969). "Republic". Translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press. Book 10, Section 612b. Socrates refers to the ring as "the ring of Gyges" (τὸν Γύγου δακτύλιον). For this reason, the story is simply called "The Ring of Gyges".