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Kroisos (/[invalid input: 'icon']ˈkriːsəs/ KREE-səs; bahasa Yunani Kuno: Κροῖσος, Kroisos; 595 SM – sek. 547? SM) adalah raja Lidia pada tahun 560 hingga 547 SM, ketika dia dikalahkan oleh Persia. Kejatuhan Kroisos memberikan dampak yang besar terhadap bangsa Hellen, memberikan titik pas dalam kalender mereka. "Setidaknya pada abad kelima," J.A.S. Evans mencermati, "Kroisos telah menjadi tokoh mitos, yang berada di luas batas kronologi konvensional." Kroisos terkenal atas kekayaannya; Herodotos dan Pausanias mencermati hadiahnya yang tersimpan di Delphi.

Kroisos dalam lukisan guci amphora berfigur merah Attika, Louvre (G 197)

Catatan kaki Sunting

The English name Croesus comes from the Latin transliteration of the Greek Κροῖσος, in Arabic and Persian قارون, Qârun.
J.A.S. Evans, "What Happened to Croesus?" The Classical Journal 74.1 (October 1978:34-40) examines the legend and the date 547 BC.
Among them a lion of gold, which had tumbled from its perch upon a stack of ingots when the temple at Delphi burned but was preserved and displayed in the Treasury of the Corinthians, where Pausanias saw it (Pausanias 10.5.13). The temple burned in the archonship of Erxicleides, 548-47 BC.

Pranala luar Sunting

Herodotus' account of Croesus (from the Perseus Project): see 1.6-94; contains links Croesus was the son of Alyates II and continued the conquest of Ionian cities of Asia Minor that his father had begun to both English and Greek versions
, by Carlos Parada
Livius, Croesus 2011-06-29 di Wayback Machine. by Jona Lendering
Croesus on Ancient History Encyclopedia
Gold Coin of Croesus a BBC podcast from the series: "A History of the World in 100 Objects"

Didahului oleh: Alyattes dari Lidia	Raja Lidia 595?–sek. 547? SM	Diteruskan oleh: Penaklukan Persia

[1] The English name Croesus comes from the Latin transliteration of the Greek Κροῖσος, in Arabic and Persian قارون, Qârun.

[2] J.A.S. Evans, "What Happened to Croesus?" The Classical Journal 74.1 (October 1978:34-40) examines the legend and the date 547 BC.

[3] Among them a lion of gold, which had tumbled from its perch upon a stack of ingots when the temple at Delphi burned but was preserved and displayed in the Treasury of the Corinthians, where Pausanias saw it (Pausanias 10.5.13). The temple burned in the archonship of Erxicleides, 548-47 BC.