person
Croesus
The proverbially rich king of Lydia, paired with the beggar Irus as emblems of Fortune's reversals.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §4.3 rich Croesus
Croesus, the proverbially wealthy king of Lydia, captured by Cyrus yet spared his life; an exemplum of Fortune's reversals against the false friend.
- Sorrows §3.7 Croesus
The proverbially rich king of Lydia; 'he is suddenly Irus who just now was Croesus.'