![]() “ was decked out with everything in the way of precious stones, dyed raiment, and wrought gold that men deem remarkable, or extravagant, or enviable, in order that he might present a most august and gorgeous spectacle. ![]() Plutarch’s later account is slightly different he downplays the role of the servants to refocus the tale on the bejeweled figure of King Croesus. Croesus entertained him hospitably in the palace, and three or four days after his arrival instructed some servants to take him on a tour of the royal treasuries and point out the richness and magnificence of everything” (Herodotus, The Histories, 1.30). ![]() Herodotus, in his Histories, wrote that “Solon left home and, after a visit to the court of Amasis in Egypt, went to Sardis to see Croesus. For information on the ancient story that inspired this scene, we can turn to the writings of Herodotus (c. 1603 – 1655), re-creates a legendary meeting between King Croesus of Lydia and the Athenian law-giver, Solon, who both flourished in the first half of the 6th century BCE. ![]() This painting, by the Dutch artist Nikolaus Knüpfer (c. ![]()
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