Croesus
At a glance:
- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History, Mythology, Folklore
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Legends, Myths, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Lydian king (r. c. 560-546 b.c.e.){$I[g]Asia Minor;Croesus} The last king of Lydia, defeated by Cyrus the Great of Persia, Croesus became a legendary figure to serve as an example to the Greeks of the fate of the proud.
Early Life
Croesus (KREE-suhs), the last king of the Mermnad Dynasty, is famous more as a legendary image than a historical figure. The primary source for his life and the period is the Greek historian Herodotus, who traces a convoluted account of the Lydian kingdom as background material for the Greco-Persian Wars. In...
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