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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Polycrates

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

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

On board was a Greek physician as interpreter and guide—Democedes of Croton, who had previously been physician to Polycrates of Samos.

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

He remembered Polycrates, with whom everything succeeded, and who began at last to be afraid of his luck.

From Timar's Two Worlds by Mór Jókai

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