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Author | : Tim Leach |
Publisher | : Atlantic Books |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2014-08-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0857899201 |
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A defeated king stands on top of a pyre. His conqueror, the Persian ruler Cyrus, signals to his guards; they step forward and touch flaming torches to the dry wood. Croesus, once the wealthiest man of the ancient world, is to be burned alive. As he watches the flames catch, Croesus thinks back over his life. He remembers the time he asked the old Athenian philosopher, Solon, who was the happiest man in the world. Croesus used to think it was him. But then all his riches could not remove the spear from his dying elder son's chest; could not bring his mute younger son to speak; could not make him as wise as his own chief slave; could not bring his wife's love back; could not prevent his army from being torn apart and his kingdom lost. As the old philosopher had replied, a man's happiness can only be measured when he is dead. The first coils of smoke wrap around Croesus' neck like a noose...
Author | : Tim Leach |
Publisher | : Atlantic Books (UK) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-05 |
Genre | : Happiness |
ISBN | : 9780857899194 |
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A brilliant and strikingly original debut novel that imagines the bloody rise and fall of Croesus, 'the richest man on earth', and powerfully shows how happiness, even for those who have everything, is so often elusive.
Author | : Walter Anderson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1755 |
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Download The History of Croesus King of Lydia, in IV. Parts. ... Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Alfred Bate Richards |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 1845 |
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Author | : Walter ANDERSON (D.D.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 1755 |
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Download The History of Croesus King of Lydia, in IV. Parts, Etc. [By Walter Anderson.]. Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : James Whitley |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 2001-10-04 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780521627337 |
Download The Archaeology of Ancient Greece Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A synthesis of research on the material culture of Greece in the Archaic and Classical periods.
Author | : William Adams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1846 |
Genre | : History, Ancient |
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Mr. Merton uses Herodotus' histories to tell his niece and nephew about King Croesus.
Author | : Alfred Bate Richards |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-10-27 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781018508153 |
Download Croesus, King of Lydia: A Tragedy in Five Acts Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Alfred Bate RICHARDS |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 1845 |
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Download Crœsus, king of Lydia, a tragedy [by A.B. Richards]. Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : William E. Metcalf |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 707 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 0199372187 |
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A broadly-illustrated overview of the contemporary state of Greco-Roman numismatic scholarship.