Croesus,bursting into tears, cried out loud:“O, Solon, you true seer! O Solon, Solon!”
Croesus was the last king of Lydia, proverbial for his enormous fortune; even nowadays, many Romance languages use the expression “as rich as Croesus” to describe a fabulously wealthy person. Solon, on the other hand, was one of the Seven Sages of Greece, the philosopher-statesman...
14 October, 2023
