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Subject: Re: Who is Croesus? ( *spoiler* )
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Date: Fri, 28-Mar-86 23:41:43 EST
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> > The name you should give to the Vault Guardian is:  Croesus.  (
> > (get the joke?)
> 
>   I must be really dumb, because everyone is acting like this is so obvious,
> but no, I don't get the joke.

There is an expression common to certain parts of the country,
	"Rich as Croesus"
(pronounced usually "kreesis")
He was a tyrant in ancient Greece who was extremely wealthy and very proud of it.  Find a copy of Plutarch's Lives (Plutarch was a Roman biographer).  I believe
Croesus was mentioned in reference to the life of Solon, but an index will probably tell you.  Basically, he was the example of pride going before the fall.
He eventually lost everything and grovelled pathetically.
Life's tough for greek tyrants.

	Jon King
	Harvard University Department of Trivia
	My opinions are not necessarily my own.