Croesus

Character · slug: croesus

Amphiaraus at Oropos: Hero-Oracle of the Underworld
Heroes — Seven Against Thebes / aftermath cult · Pausanian / Herodotean — incubation oracle after the earth-swallowing
Cleobis and Biton (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — Argive piety legend (Herodotean) · Herodotean classical legend (Solon’s exemplum of a happy life)
Candaules and Gyges (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — Lydian royal legend (Herodotean) · Herodotean classical legend (origin of Mermnad dynasty)
Croesus and Solon: Who Is the Happiest Man? (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — Lydian / Herodotus legends · Herodotean — Solon’s visit and Croesus’s later recognition
Atys and Adrastus: Death of Croesus’s Son (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — Lydian / Herodotus legends · Herodotean — dream, boar-hunt, accidental spear-kill
Trophonius: Oracle of Lebadeia
Local and lesser — Boeotian oracle / hero-cult · Pausanian — descent into the chasm of Trophonius
Croesus on the Pyre Saved by Apollo (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — Lydian logos / Delphic salvation · Herodotean — Cyrus’s pyre; Croesus’s recognition of Solon; rain from a clear sky
Croesus Tests the Oracles (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — Lydian logos / Delphic prestige · Herodotean — lamb-and-tortoise riddle; Delphi and Amphiaraus proven true

Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library