Croesus at the stake. Side A from an Attic Red Figure Amphora, c. 500–490 BCE.
This vase painting shows the fabulously wealthy king, Croesus, about to be burned on a funeral pyre, as described in Book I of Herodotus, convincing Croesus that he ought not to be considered happy until after he has died.
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