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Who were the Cimmerians?
The Cimmerians were a nomadic Indo-European people, who appeared about 1000 BC and are mentioned later in 8th century BC in Assyrian records.
What can you tell me about the Cimmerians in the Greek tradition?
The Cimmerian are described in Homer's Odyssey as living beyond the Oceanus at the edge of the world and the entrance of Hades and being expelled by the Scythians.
What happened to the Scynthain royal family after the expulsion?
Unreconciled to Scythian advances, to ensure burial in their ancestral homeland, the men of the Cimmerian royal family divided into groups and fought each other to the death.
How did Cimmerians preserve Greek tradition?
The Cimmerian commoners buried the bodies of the royal family along the river Tyras thus ensuring the Greek tradition to be buried in their ancestral homeland.

Question: Did the Cimmerians rule Lydia?
Self-contained rewrite: Did the Cimmerians rule Lydia?