← back to the glossary

person

Croesus

also: Крез

The last king of Lydia (6th century BC), proverbial across European languages -- including Russian -- as the archetype of fabulous wealth.

Reading notes

Wikipedia →

Mentioned in 2 works (2 mentions)

Idyll Stories · 1 mention
To Ye. P. Yegorov, 11 December 1891. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

Support this project

Free to read here. Buy the ebook to support the work.

Ebook coming soon

The ebook edition in this language is on its way.(English)