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  1. Last king of Lydia, famed for his wealth. His
  2. court included Solon, who warned him that no
  3. man could be called happy until his life had
  4. ended happily. When Croesus was overthrown by
  5. Cyrus the Great 546 BC and condemned to be
  6. burned to death, he called out Solon's name.
  7. Cyrus, having learned the reason, spared his
  8. life.
  9.