Croesus
Tomes of the West by Tomes
S1 · E1
Dec 2, 2025
17:12
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The richest man who the Greeks ever knew meets the oracle that destroys him.
Herodotus begins his Histories with Croesus of Lydia: golden rivers, a doomed prophecy, and the first great clash between East and West.
The chapter that starts it all.
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Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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history
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Herodotus
Greece
Persia
Lydia
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