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23 hours ago · In Praise of Plodders. Sometime in the mid-sixth century BC, one of the greatest empire builders of the age, king Croesus of Lydia, reportedly met the Athenian lawgiver Solon. One of the legendary Seven Sages of Greece, Solon was at the time on a self-imposed sightseeing tour abroad, and Croesus was eager to meet him and get his stamp of approval.
23 hours ago · Sometime in the mid-sixth century BC, one of the greatest empire builders of the age, king Croesus of Lydia, reportedly met the Athenian lawgiver Solon. One of the legendary Seven Sages of Greece, Solon was at the time on a self-imposed sightseeing tour abroad, and Croesus was eager to meet him and get his stamp of approval.
4 days ago · In Greek mythology, Tmolus ( / ˈmoʊləs /; ( Ancient Greek: Τμῶλος, Tmōlos) is a mythical Greek king of Lydia and father of Tantalus by Pluto, [1] [2] daughter of Cronus or Himantes. He is most likely the same Tmolus, the son of Ares and Theogone, who is referenced to a scholion by Euripides.
23 hours ago · The roots of our contemporary conflict between East and West lie in the ancient clash of the Greeks and the Persians. In this first lecture, you witness the birth of this divide in the 540s B.C., with King Croesus of Lydia's preemptive attack against the emerging Persian Empire and its ruler, Cyrus the Great.
3 days ago · As Herodotus tells it (in Book I of his The Histories) the Athenian lawgiver, Solon traveled to the ancient kingdom of Lydia and visited with the ruling king, Croesus of Sardis. The king was delighted to have such a renowned philosopher and statesman in his presence.
4 days ago · The Assyrians referenced in the Hebrew Bible were a mighty force that exerted power over much of the Near East, including Israel and Judah, in the ninth through seventh centuries B.C.E.
1 day ago · Mentioned as the family of Croesus. The Mermnads succeeded the Heraclids as kings of Lydia. The Mermnad line was Gyges, Ardys, Sadyattes, Alyattes and Croesus. I. 44 Dascylus: Lydia 8th century BC Briefly mentioned as the father of Gyges. I. 44 Gyges: Lydia reigned c.687–c.652 BC First Mermnad king of Lydia, having killed Candaules. I. 45
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