Ring of Gyges

Because prima facie, right, it does look like a pretty powerful argument.

And the Ring of Gyges does certainly paint a powerful picture, I think.

No, it does.

It really does.

You don't have to think about it very hard.

That's a kind of Ring of Gyges, you know, from the Republic.

It could disappear and therefore never be punished.

And that was Gorgias' sort of come on.

The notion that Solomon employed a magical ring with a specific seal or sign of power on it also appears during this period in earnest.

Of course, magical rings are well attested in antiquity, perhaps the most famous being the Ring of Gyges in Plato's Republic, which had the ability to make its wearer invisible.

and also gave them the ability to do evils that they wouldn't normally do and probably became one of the models, one of the inspirations for Tolkien's Ring of Power.

But at least three such magical rings are known to be found in the Greek magical papyri.

... you know, reverse invisibility cloak situation.

Yeah, Ring of Gyges.

Everyone, we have Vincent Bevins on the show today to, not to talk about the British legal system, although I am-

Mm