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Picture No 10039883
Date circa 515 BC
Description Folklore - Ring
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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...
Source Deveria, engraved by Guyard illustration to the Voyage d'Anacharsis, chapter lxxiv
Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
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