Croesus

Family: Lydia · Role: king · First appears: Solon

Life events

Cyrus spared and honored Croesus after hearing Solon's warning about uncertain fortune.(Solon)
- With: Cyrus Solon
- “he not only freed Croesus from punishment, but honored him as long as he lived; and Solon had the glory, by the same saying, to save one king and instruct another.”

with Solon (interaction) “They say, therefore, that Solon, coming to Croesus at his request”
protégé: Aesop “Aesop, who wrote the fables, being then at Sardis upon Croesus's invitation, and very much esteemed”
with Cyrus (interaction) “he not only freed Croesus from punishment, but honored him as long as he lived;”
with Solon (interaction) “Solon, coming to Croesus at his request”
with Cyrus (interaction) “when he was overcome by Cyrus, had lost his city, was taken alive, condemned to be burnt”

Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.