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Folklore - Ring

POLYCRATES, TYRANT OF SAMOS throws a precious ring into the sea, to ward off ill luck, but a fisherman finds it and brings it to him - and soon Polycrates is murdered

Picture No
14101467
Media ID
45684906
Size
2448px x 3431px (2.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Deveria, engraved by Guyard illustration to the Voyage d'Anacharsis, chapter lxxiv
Date
circa 515 BC

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