Polycrates

American  

[puh-lik-ruh-teez] / pəˈlɪk rəˌtiz /

noun

1. died 522? b.c., Greek tyrant of Samos.

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Polycrates British  

/ pəˈlɪkrəˌtiːz /

noun

1. died ?522 _bc , Greek tyrant of Samos, who was crucified by a Persian satrap

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Example Sentences

In the year 540 B.C. or thereabouts, on the island of Samos, there came to power a tyrant named Polycrates.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Polycrates was a generous patron of the arts, sciences and engineering.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Perhaps the most influential person ever associated with Samos was Pythagoras,* a contemporary of Polycrates in the sixth century b.c.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The fleet of Polycrates could hold the fleet of the Ionians in check if it were called upon by the Persians, just as the Cyprians could restrain the Phenicians.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max

Polycrates was the patron of Anacreon, Periander of Arion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various