Episode 14: Croesus Considered

Update: 2025-06-29

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One last look at our favorite Lydian before moving on: why does Herodotus spend so much time talking about him, and why put his story at the start of the entire Histories?

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Episode 15: A Look at Lydia (1.93-94)

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Episode 14: Croesus Considered

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Episode 13: Croesus on the Pyre (1.85-92)

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Episode 12: The Fall of Sardis (1.79-84)

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Episode 11: Crossing the Halys (1.71-78)

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Episode 10: Grave Concerns at Sparta (1.65-70)

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Episode 9: The Tyrant of Athens (1.56-64)

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Episode 8: Turtle Soup (1.46-56)

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Episode 7: Unfortunate Son (1.34-45)

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Episode 6: A Fool, and His Money (1.26-35)

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Episode 5: War on Land and Music at Sea (1.15-25)

2022-02-2324:10

Episode 4: Naked Ambition (1.6-14)

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Episode 3: Myth Understandings (1.1-5)

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Episode 2: First Principles - The Prologue

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Episode 1: Introduction

2021-08-0813:20

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Episode 14: Croesus Considered

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Episode 14: Croesus Considered

Ted Graham

Episode 14: Croesus Considered