Croesus
? – 546 BCE
Lydian

King. A symbol of wealth, he overreached and fell.

Contemporaries
570–480 BCEXenophanes
fl. c. 650–c. 550 BCESolon
556–468 BCESimonides of Ceos
610–580 BCESappho
fl. 550 BCEPythagoras
600–527 BCEPisistratus
650–570 BCEPittacus of Mytilene
611–547 BCEAnaximander
585–525 BCEAnaximenes
570–475 BCEAnacreon
fl. 550 BCEAesop