Talk:Croesus

message: Are there any other cases on record of people who have "accidentally" killed more than one person? 
Is there only one source on record for Adrastus? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.60.180.59 (talk) 11:04, 2 June 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: Is there any evidence for how Croesus' name would have been rendered in the Lydian language? --Jfruh 19:30, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Name?

message: Is a king in 17th century monarchical regalia really appropriate to an ancient greek king? Is there anything in that picture other than a vaguery of "white male monarch in beard" which makes this unique to Croesus? totaly improveable —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.37.236.225 (talk) 04:36, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: He wasn't Greek, at least not according to Herodotus. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.186.80.23 (talk) 04:17, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree: This picture might illustrate the presence of Croesus in popular culture through the ages, but I don't find it appropriate for the opening paragraph. I'm taking it out.--BjKa 10:29, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture Choice

message: How come when the article mentioned that Xenophon had wrote about Croesus, the article says nothing about what Xenophon?  Ignoring his work, and only repeating what Herodotus wrote is only blinding ourselves of another point of view on history. Which is more accurate, because it does not have bits of facts mixed in with lies and obvious exaggerations. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mehr113355 (talk • contribs).
:According to the book "The Culture and Social Institutions of Ancient Iran": "... the majority of scholars do not rate this work (Cyropaedia) highly as an historical source"!Ti2008 (talk) 02:09, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Why is Xenophon's work ignored

message: While there is no definitive account of the "death of Croesus", there are numerable references to him in Herodotus (most important was the  Lydian embassy to the Delphic oracle dispatched by Cyrus as courtesy to Croesus).  After the death of Cyrus, Croesus continued to serve as a royal adviser to Persian king Cambyses II.  Herodotus states that the Egyptians place Croesus in the entourage of Cambyses II during the Egyptian campaign (after 525).  Cambyses II is even related to have threatened to kill Croesus for bad advice, the latter surviving courtesy of the machinations of royal staffers until the mercurial king's temper cooled and he once more showed him great favor.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flausa123 (talk • contribs) 00:53, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Well supported editing. --Wetman (talk) 19:23, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. Cheimoon (talk) 01:23, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The death of Croesus 

message: Can anyone add Croesus's role in the war between Cyrus and Tomyris to this article?Ti2008 (talk) 14:57, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Croesus in Cyrus's wars against the Scythians 

message: Lydian coinage is widely held to be the first issuance of electrum (EL) and silver (AR)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flausa123 (talk • contribs) 00:58, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lydian coinage  

message: So what exactly does the modern Persian transliteration in the Perso-Arabic script have to do here? It's anachronistic, and thus not fitting. And if that's not just strange on itself - hold on - there's also an Arabic transliteration (?!) Especially for the inclusion of the latter, there's simply no possible rationale available.
The Old Persian and Aramaic transliterations would be very fitting of course, if anyone could provide them. However, it just makes no sense in my opinion to include these two, and especially the latter. - LouisAragon (talk) 16:08, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Absolutely right. The Quranic Qarun has no connection with Croesus (see the article Korah) but was another peson also renowned for his wealth. I have deleted the reference. Kanjuzi (talk) 04:41, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unrelated/anachronistic transliterations 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: It is not necessary to understand the episode of Solon as a discussion about Tyche in its post hellenistic sense (as it appears in Polybius´Histories, for instance), since the topic of instability of human happyness and human states is precisely the central theme of Herodotus´Histories. Consequently i do not see this element as a reliable proof to suppose a "late date" for the episode.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by RafaelLeo (talk • contribs) 10:50, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Tyche

message: Croesus In Albanian language it means Leader. Even today Albanian they are calling it kryesus. It comes from word KRYE which means head. As an example  can be head of parliament (Parliament speaker) (KRYESUS Parlamenti), clan leader KRYESUS fisi etc. 77.100.215.86 (talk) 23:33, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Croesus 

message: Hi, I wanted to stress that the hypothesis by Sasseville and Euler, quoted here as a certain fact, is in fact not widely accepted by other scholars. Is this the way speculative hypotheses should be presented in an encyclopedia? 2.225.195.36 (talk) 10:37, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sasseville and Euler's Qλdãns hypothesis