Histories

There are many offerings of Croesus' in Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas, and not only those of which I have spoken. There is a golden tripod at Thebes [23.3333,38.325] (Perseus) Thebes in Boeotia (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Boeotia, which he dedicated to Apollo of Ismenus; at Ephesus [27.316,37.916] (deserted settlement), Izmir Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, AsiaEphesus [*](The temple at Ephesus [27.316,37.916] (deserted settlement), Izmir Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, Asia Ephesus was founded probably in Alyattes' reign, and not completed till the period of the Graeco-Persian War.) there are the oxen of gold and the greater part of the pillars; and in the temple of Proneia at Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi, a golden shield.[*](The temple of Athena Proneia (= before the shrine) was situated outside the temple of Apollo.) All these survived to my lifetime; but other of the offerings were destroyed.

And the offerings of Croesus at Didyma [27.233,37.35] (historic site), Aydin Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, AsiaBranchidae of the Milesians, as I learn by inquiry, are equal in weight and like those at Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi. Those which he dedicated at Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi and the shrine of Amphiaraus were his own, the first-fruits of the wealth inherited from his father; the rest came from the estate of an enemy who had headed a faction against Croesus before he became king, and conspired to win the throne of Lydia [27.516,38.683] (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Lydia for Pantaleon.

This Pantaleon was a son of Alyattes, and half-brother of Croesus: Croesus was Alyattes' son by a Carian and Pantaleon by an Ionian mother.