person
Atys
Legendary king of Lydia, father of Lydus and Tyrrhenus.
Reading notes
- The Annals §4.55 Tyrrhenus and Lydus, sons of King Atys
The Lydian legend by which the Etruscans (Tyrrhenians) descended from Lydian colonists led to Italy by Tyrrhenus—hence the Sardians' claim of kinship with Etruria.