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Pythius is a Lydian mentioned in book VII of Herodotus' Histories, chh. 27-29 and 38-39. He is the son of Atys, and the grandson of Croesus, the last native king of Lydia before the Persian conquest. The Persian king Xerxes I, son of Darius I, encounters Pythius, the second most wealthy person after Xerxes, on his way to invade Greece c. 480 BC. Pythius had grown wealthy through his gold mines in Celaenae, Phrygia. He met the Persian king in Celaenae and entertains him before offering to provide money for the expenses of war. This Xerxes politely declines, and instead rewards Pythius' generosity by giving him 7000 gold darics in order that his fortune might be an even 4,000,000 (ch. 29).

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  • Piti (ca)
  • Pythius (en)
  • Пифий (ru)
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  • Пи́фий (др.-греч. Πύθιος, у Плутарха — др.-греч. Πύθης, лат. Pythius) — согласно античным авторам, лидиец V века до н. э., сын Атиса из Келен, один из богатейших людей своего времени. (ru)
  • Piti (en llatí Pythius, en grec Πύθιος, anomenat Πύθης per Plutarc, va ser un lidi molt ric, fill d'Artis, que va viure en temps de la invasió persa d'Anatòlia al segle v aC. La seva riquesa provenia de les mines d'or de Celenes (Celaenae) a Frígia, i d'aquesta regió n'era a més a més el governador. Tot el país es dedicava a la cerca de l'or i els camps es van abandonar. Una llegenda que transmet Plutarc, diu que la seva dona havia encarregar unes representacions en or de fruites i altres tipus d'aliments i un dia per sopar li va posar al davant com a únic menjar aquestes peces. (ca)
  • Pythius is a Lydian mentioned in book VII of Herodotus' Histories, chh. 27-29 and 38-39. He is the son of Atys, and the grandson of Croesus, the last native king of Lydia before the Persian conquest. The Persian king Xerxes I, son of Darius I, encounters Pythius, the second most wealthy person after Xerxes, on his way to invade Greece c. 480 BC. Pythius had grown wealthy through his gold mines in Celaenae, Phrygia. He met the Persian king in Celaenae and entertains him before offering to provide money for the expenses of war. This Xerxes politely declines, and instead rewards Pythius' generosity by giving him 7000 gold darics in order that his fortune might be an even 4,000,000 (ch. 29). (en)
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  • Piti (en llatí Pythius, en grec Πύθιος, anomenat Πύθης per Plutarc, va ser un lidi molt ric, fill d'Artis, que va viure en temps de la invasió persa d'Anatòlia al segle v aC. La seva riquesa provenia de les mines d'or de Celenes (Celaenae) a Frígia, i d'aquesta regió n'era a més a més el governador. Tot el país es dedicava a la cerca de l'or i els camps es van abandonar. Una llegenda que transmet Plutarc, diu que la seva dona havia encarregar unes representacions en or de fruites i altres tipus d'aliments i un dia per sopar li va posar al davant com a únic menjar aquestes peces. El dia que Xerxes I de Pèrsia va arribar a Celenes, Piti li va oferir un banquet a ell i a la resta dels oficials de l'exèrcit. Li va oferir també diners per sufragar la seva campanya, que consistien en l'exorbitant quantitat de 2.000 talents de plata, i 7.000 dàrics d'or. El rei no ho va acceptar i li va garantir els llaços d'hospitalitat. Els seus cinc fill van acompanyar Xerxes quan va marxar. Un eclipsi va alarmar a Piti que es va presentar al campament del rei i li va demanar que deixés al fill gran endarrere, però el rei es va ofendre i va fer matar el fill gran i el va tallar en dos meitats, deixant-ne una a cada costat del camí; les tropes van passar entre els dos trossos. Els altres fills van morir en diferents batalles. Piti va quedar sol i va viure la resta de la seva vida, ric però ple de pena. (ca)
  • Pythius is a Lydian mentioned in book VII of Herodotus' Histories, chh. 27-29 and 38-39. He is the son of Atys, and the grandson of Croesus, the last native king of Lydia before the Persian conquest. The Persian king Xerxes I, son of Darius I, encounters Pythius, the second most wealthy person after Xerxes, on his way to invade Greece c. 480 BC. Pythius had grown wealthy through his gold mines in Celaenae, Phrygia. He met the Persian king in Celaenae and entertains him before offering to provide money for the expenses of war. This Xerxes politely declines, and instead rewards Pythius' generosity by giving him 7000 gold darics in order that his fortune might be an even 4,000,000 (ch. 29). Later Pythius, emboldened by Xerxes' gift and alarmed at an eclipse, asks Xerxes to release his eldest son from the army, in order to care for him in his old age, while letting Xerxes retain the other four. Xerxes grows angry, citing his own sacrifice of family members without exception and calling Pythius his slave. Since he has promised to grant the wish, however, he takes the son, cuts him in half and marches his army away between the two halves, put up on either side of the road (ch. 39). (en)
  • Пи́фий (др.-греч. Πύθιος, у Плутарха — др.-греч. Πύθης, лат. Pythius) — согласно античным авторам, лидиец V века до н. э., сын Атиса из Келен, один из богатейших людей своего времени. (ru)
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