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Definition of krezüs in Turkish English dictionary
- Croesus
- a king of Lydia, noted for his great wealth
- A male given name
- a rich person
- {i} (died 546 BC) last king of Lydia who was known for his great wealth; man who is very rich
- a king of Lydia in Asia Minor, known for being very rich. People sometimes say that someone is "as rich as Croesus" to mean that the person is extremely rich (?-546 BC). died 546 BC Last king of Lydia, famous for his great wealth. He succeeded his father as king 560 BC, and, after completing the conquest of mainland Ionia, he faced the rising threat of the Persians under Cyrus II. He forged an alliance with Babylon, Egypt, and Sparta to combat the Persians, but, after an inconclusive effort to invade Cappadocia, he returned to his capital at Sardis. The Persians pursued him, storming Sardis in 546 BC and conquering Lydia. Croesus's later fate is uncertain. Herodotus claims he was condemned to be burned alive but was saved by Apollo