biography
pronunciation:
[kreesuhs]
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| male
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| lived:
| (?–c.546 BC)
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| biography:
| The last king of Lydia (c.560–546 BC), who succeeded his father, Alyattes. He made the Greeks of Asia Minor his tributaries, and extended his kingdom E from the Aegean to the Halys. His conquests and mines made his wealth proverbial. Cyrus II defeated and imprisoned him (546 BC), but his death is a mystery. |
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