Croesus

E337397

Lydian king human king monarch

Croesus was the famously wealthy king of Lydia in the 6th century BCE, renowned in ancient history and legend as a symbol of immense riches and changing fortune.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Croesus canonical	12
Croesus of Lydia	2
King Croesus	2
King of Lydia	2

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Lydian king ⓘ human ⓘ king ⓘ monarch ⓘ
associatedWith	Delphi ⓘ Oracle of Apollo ⓘ surface form: Oracle of Apollo at Delphi
capital	Sardis ⓘ
conflict	Lydian–Persian War ⓘ
country	Lydia ⓘ
culture	Lydian ⓘ
currency	electrum coins ⓘ gold coins ⓘ silver coins ⓘ
dateOfBirth	7th century BCE ⓘ
dateOfDeath	6th century BCE ⓘ
fate	captured by Cyrus the Great ⓘ defeated by the Persians ⓘ
father	Alyattes II ⓘ surface form: Alyattes
floruit	6th century BCE ⓘ
GreekName	Κροῖσος ⓘ
knownFor	introducing or standardizing bimetallic coinage in Lydia ⓘ lavish dedications at Delphi ⓘ
languageOfName	Greek ⓘ
literaryCharacter	On the Oracles of the Pythia (Plutarch) ⓘ
mentionedIn	works of Herodotus ⓘ surface form: Herodotus’ Histories writings of Bacchylides ⓘ Xenophon’s Socratic writings ⓘ surface form: writings of Xenophon
nativeLanguage	Lydian ⓘ
notableFor	association with the Delphic oracle ⓘ being proverbially rich ⓘ changing fortune ⓘ conflict with Cyrus the Great ⓘ immense wealth ⓘ role in Herodotus’ Histories ⓘ
occupation	ruler ⓘ
opponent	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Cyrus the Great ⓘ
patronOf	Delphi ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Sardis ⓘ
positionHeld	Croesus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: King of Lydia
predecessor	Alyattes II ⓘ surface form: Alyattes
proverbialExpression	“rich as Croesus” ⓘ
reignEnd	circa 546 BCE ⓘ
reignStart	circa 560 BCE ⓘ
religion	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
residence	Sardis ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
successor	Cyrus the Great ⓘ
symbolizes	great wealth ⓘ the dangers of hubris ⓘ the mutability of fortune ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lydian Kingdom → lastRuler → Croesus ⓘ

Lydia → knownFor → Croesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Croesus

Lydia → famousKing → Croesus ⓘ

Amasis II → contemporaryOf → Croesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Croesus of Lydia

Sardis → associatedWith → Croesus ⓘ

Pactolus River gold → usedBy → Croesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Croesus

Croesus → positionHeld → Croesus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of Lydia

Gyges → positionHeld → Croesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of Lydia

Sadyattes → notableRelative → Croesus ⓘ

Alyattes II → fatherOf → Croesus ⓘ

Alyattes II → successor → Croesus ⓘ

Mermnad dynasty → hasMonarch → Croesus ⓘ

Mermnad dynasty → hasLastMonarch → Croesus ⓘ

Mermnad dynasty → notableRuler → Croesus ⓘ

Astyages → relative → Croesus ⓘ

Battle of Thymbra → commander → Croesus ⓘ

Battle of Thymbra → belligerentLeader → Croesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Croesus of Lydia

Battle of Thymbra → opponentOf → Croesus ⓘ