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Reading this, and perceiving that Amasis' advice was good, Polycrates considered which of his treasures it would most grieve his soul to lose, and came to this conclusion: he wore a seal set in gold, an emerald, crafted by Theodorus son of Telecles of +Nisos Samos [26.8,37.75] (island), Samos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Samos ;
Reading this, and perceiving that Amasis' advice was good, Polycrates considered which of his treasures it would most grieve his soul to lose, and came to this conclusion: he wore a seal set in gold, an emerald, crafted by Theodorus son of Telecles of +Nisos Samos [26.8,37.75] (island), Samos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Samos ;
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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