| LC control no. | n 2013041734 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Polycrates, Tyrant of Samos, -approximately 522 B.C. |
| Variant(s) | Polycrate, Tyrant of Samos, -approximately 522 B.C. Polykrates, Tyrant of Samos, -approximately 522 B.C. |
| Associated place | Samos, Greece |
| Death date | 0521~ |
| Profession or occupation | Dictators |
| Found in | Samos, Zankle e la Samaina, 2012: t.p. (Policrate) Oxford classic. dict. p. 1212 (Polycrates, tyrant of Samos, son of Aeaces, seized power c. 535 BC, with his brothers, Pantagnotus and Sylosson, but soon made himself tyrant; made Samos a great naval power ...Lured to the mainland, c. 522, by the satrap Oroetes, who pretended to be plotting against Darius I, and was crucified) Brill's New Pauly, 2007: v. 11, p. 515 (Polycrates (Polykrates), son of Aeaces, tyrant of Samos from c. 540-522 BC) Britannica online, viewed July 10, 2013: (Polycrates, (flourished 6th century BC), tyrant (c. 535-522 BC) of the island of Samos, in the Aegean Sea, who established Samian naval supremacy in the eastern Aegean and strove for control of the archipelago and mainland towns of Ionia ...He maintained his ascendance until about 522, when Oroetes, Persian governor of Sardis, lured him to the mainland and had him crucified) LC database, July 10, 2013: (hdg.: Polycrates--tyrant of Samos) |
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