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There are many offerings of Croesus' in Greece [22,39] (nation), Europe Hellas , and not only those of which I have spoken. There is a golden tripod at Thebes [23.3333,38.325] (Perseus) Thebes in Boeotia (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Boeotia , which he dedicated to Apollo of Ismenus; at Ephesus [27.316,37.916] (deserted settlement), Izmir Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, Asia Ephesus 1 there are the oxen of gold and the greater part of the pillars; and in the temple of Proneia at Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi , a golden shield. 2 All these survived to my lifetime; but other of the offerings were destroyed.
There are many offerings of Croesus' in Greece [22,39] (nation), Europe Hellas , and not only those of which I have spoken. There is a golden tripod at Thebes [23.3333,38.325] (Perseus) Thebes in Boeotia (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Boeotia , which he dedicated to Apollo of Ismenus; at Ephesus [27.316,37.916] (deserted settlement), Izmir Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, Asia Ephesus 1 there are the oxen of gold and the greater part of the pillars; and in the temple of Proneia at Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi , a golden shield. 2 All these survived to my lifetime; but other of the offerings were destroyed.
[2] And the offerings of
Croesus at
Didyma [27.233,37.35] (historic site), Aydin Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, Asia
Branchidae
of the
Milesians, as I learn by inquiry, are equal in weight and like those at
Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus)
Delphi
. Those which he dedicated at
Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus)
Delphi
and the shrine of
Amphiaraus were his own, the first-fruits of the wealth inherited from his father; the rest came from the estate of an enemy who had headed a faction against
Croesus before he became king, and conspired to win the throne of
Lydia [27.516,38.683] (region (general)), Turkey, Asia
Lydia
for
Pantaleon.
[3] This
Pantaleon was a son of
Alyattes, and half-brother of
Croesus:
Croesus was
Alyattes' son by a
Carian and
Pantaleon by an
Ionian mother.
[4] So when
Croesus gained the sovereignty by his father's gift, he put the man who had conspired against him to death by drawing him across a carding-comb, and first confiscated his estate, then dedicated it as and where I have said. This is all that I shall say of
Croesus' offerings.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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