CLST 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Hoplite, Token Coin, Basileus

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 332
• Professor: Tim

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C(cid:396)oesus, a (cid:396)e(cid:272)og(cid:374)iza(cid:271)le figu(cid:396)e, is used fo(cid:396) he(cid:396)odotus(cid:859) o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:396)ati(cid:448)e pu(cid:396)poses. Bacchylides 3 (cid:862)c(cid:396)oesus (cid:449)as p(cid:396)ote(cid:272)ted (cid:271)(cid:455) the god of the golde(cid:374) l(cid:455)(cid:396)e, apollo. Whe(cid:374) he had (cid:272)o(cid:373)e to the unexpected day, croesus had no intention of waiting any longer for the tears of slavery. He had a pyre built before his bronze-(cid:449)alled (cid:272)ou(cid:396)t(cid:455)a(cid:396)d, a(cid:374)d he (cid:373)ou(cid:374)ted the p(cid:455)(cid:396)e. (cid:863) In this quote, you see croesus as a wiseman: he refuses to submit to cyrus and so, tries to sacrifice himself to apollo. Croesus became a p(cid:396)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)e(cid:374)t ad(cid:448)iso(cid:396) i(cid:374) c(cid:455)(cid:396)us(cid:859) (cid:272)ou(cid:396)t a(cid:374)d, to the g(cid:396)eeks, this (cid:449)ould mean he was a slave. In herodotus, croesus is constantly testing apollo and that is kind of sacrilegious to the. Nothing is unbelievable (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h is (cid:271)(cid:396)ought a(cid:271)out (cid:271)(cid:455) the gods(cid:859) a(cid:373)(cid:271)ition. Then apollo, born on delos, brought the old (cid:373)a(cid:374) to li(cid:448)e a(cid:373)o(cid:374)g the h(cid:455)pe(cid:396)(cid:271)o(cid:396)ea(cid:374)s. (cid:863: this is not to show that zeus is taking over from apollo, but rather because.