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

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

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

When Auber was told of the honour conferred, he said, "Napol�on is worse than the fish with the ring of Polycrates; it did not take him eleven years to bring it back."

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

EUPALINUS, of Megara, a Greek architect, who constructed for the tyrant Polycrates of Samos a remarkable tunnel to bring water to the city, passing under a hill.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various