The Legend of Croesus and Solon

The historian Herodotus was the first to talk about the legend of Croesus and Solon. We don’t really know where fiction ends and reality begins in this story. However, it’s an exceptional tale and, for this reason, it doesn’t really matter where the boundaries between fact and fiction lie. Croesus was said to have been the King of Lydia. Furthermore, he was the richest man of his time. He ruled over a kingdom so prosperous that people said he was almost swimming in gold. His subjects were also extremely wealthy. In fact, there was really nothing missing from his kingdom,…