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Crœsus (sixth century B.C.) A Lydian king of the Mermnadæ line. His wealth was proverbial. Crœsus was a patron of arts and letters.
J. N. Larned, Larned's History of the World, Vol. I (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 301. (Crœsus on the funeral pyre, Drawn by H. Vogel.)
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