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Croesus, then, aware of all this, sent messengers to Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus) Sparta with gifts to ask for an alliance, having instructed them what to say. They came and said:
Croesus, then, aware of all this, sent messengers to Sparta [22.4417,37.0667] (Perseus) Sparta with gifts to ask for an alliance, having instructed them what to say. They came and said:
[2] “
Croesus, King of
Lydia [27.516,38.683] (region (general)), Turkey, Asia
Lydia
and other nations, has sent us with this message: ‘
Lacedaemonians, the god has declared that I should make the
Greek my friend; now, therefore, since I learn that you are the leaders of
Greece [22,39] (nation), Europe
Hellas
, I invite you, as the oracle bids; I would like to be your friend and ally, without deceit or guile.’”
[3]
Croesus proposed this through his messengers; and the
Lacedaemonians, who had already heard of the oracle given to
Croesus, welcomed the coming of the
Lydians and swore to be his friends and allies; and indeed they were obliged by certain benefits which they had received before from the king.
[4] For the
Lacedaemonians had sent to
Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus)
Sardis
to buy gold, intending to use it for the statue of
Apollo which now stands on
Thornax
1
in
Laconia [22.583,37] (department), Peloponnese, Greece, Europe
Laconia
; and
Croesus, when they offered to buy it, made them a free gift of it.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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