CLA204H1 Lecture 7: CLA204, Lecture 7 (Poseidon)
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1) legislator, and poet) and croesus (king of lydia who has the reputation of being the richest man on earth) Herodotus" account of the encounter between solon (athenian law, politician, Defines human being as completely a thing of chance . Emphasizes the power of dreams (unintended thoughts) to predict the future. Emphasizes man"s helplessness to control the future. Croesus asked solon, who is the happiest man on earth? , and he cannot say if he is happy or not until he knows how croesus will die. *central message: you cannot know if you are happy until you die because things can change all the time. Image of coin: first coin that we are aware of. A coin with a lion, symbol of the lydian household these are assc with croesus and his emblem. Croesus dismisses solon because he doesn"t think he is the happiest man on earth. Croesus himself is defeated by the persian king cyrus.
