Polycrates
573 BC–521 BC
6th century BC tyrant of Samos
politician · tyrant
Born in Samos
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Polycrates:
- Confucius (550 BC–478 BC)
- Laozi (579 BC–500 BC)
- Pythagoras (582 BC–490 BC)
- Sun Tzu (543 BC–495 BC)
- Thales (624 BC–545 BC)
- Cyrus the Great (599 BC–529 BC)
- Anaximander (609 BC–545 BC)
- Darius I (549 BC–485 BC)