| Croesus asks the Delphic oracle what will happen if he attacks the Persians. |
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| And of course, in this sense, the Socrates story is the diametric opposite of the Croesus story. |
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| A Croesus who will metamorphose into a philanthropist prepared to take on the giants of industry. |
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| It's hard for people to weep over some nasty Croesus losing a couple of million. |
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| Although the treasury of King Croesus held great quantities of gold and silver plate, the Lydians clearly loved fine ceramic wares imported from Greece. |
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| For that he made alliances formalized in a treaty between Babylon, Egypt, and Croesus the king of Lydia. |
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| In her honor and in order to appease her, the Artemis Temple in Ephesus was sanctioned and begun by Croesus of Lydia. |
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| Edward is an ambitious young businessman hired by the multinational Croesus Inc., a modern temple for profit. |
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| And given the legacy, long before then, of bonuses worthy of Croesus in a world of quotidian pay raises for the 99 percent? |
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| The Pythia had spoken the truth, but not the truth that Croesus chose to hear. |
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| The use of coins reached Persia from the Lydian kingdom of Croesus and the Persian satrapies of Asia Minor. |
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| Our Online Portfolio is an online application created by Croesus which is used by many firms. |
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| He was a Croesus whose golden touch gave him a grip on much of American industry, including power, mining, civil engineering and insurance. Young Paul, though, was not much interested in the wheels of industry. |
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| The best-known case is that of the fabulously wealthy Croesus, king of Lydia: he asked in 547BC whether he should invade the Persians and was told that if he crossed the River Halys he would destroy a great empire. |
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| In the ancient days of old there once existed a powerful kingdom called Lydia under King Croesus, whose name is till today synonymous with immense fortune. |
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| Croesus then attacked Persia, but lost and his own empire was destroyed. |
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| The city of Sardis, former capital of the kingdom of Lydia, fell into the hands of the Persian king Cyrus in 547 B. C., during the reign of the rich and legendary king Croesus. |
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| Croesus must have already received a prophecy from his own prophet. |
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| Wall Street's big securities firms were on top of the world only weeks ago, basking in record profits and handing out bonuses to make Croesus blush. |
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| I'm also covering the efforts of Turkish authorities to ensure the return of six gold pieces from the Croesus treasure, now held by a gallery in France. |
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| I don't know if King Croesus is ready to accept this fact. |
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| Had Croesus better reflected the oracle's answer, he might not have attacked Persia but instead first measured the military powers of the two empires and then looked for allies to ensure his superiority. |
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| In the concluding pages of this minisaga, Croesus sends to inquire of the priestess of Apollo why the oracle had misled him. |
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