Back بوليكراتس Arabic Палікрат Byelorussian Поликрат Bulgarian Polícrates de Samos Catalan Polykratés ze Samu Czech Polykrates Danish Polykrates (Tyrann von Samos) German Πολυκράτης Greek Polikrato el Samoso Esperanto Polícrates de Samos Spanish
| Polycrates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrant of Samos | |||||
 Polycrates with Pharaoh Amasis II (19th century illustration). | |||||
| Reign | 540s – 522 BC | ||||
| Predecessor | Aeaces I? | ||||
| Successor | Maeandrus | ||||
| Born | Samos | ||||
| Died | 522 BC Magnesia, Achaemenid Empire | ||||
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| House | Aeacids | ||||
| Father | Aeaces I | ||||
Polycrates (/pəˈlɪkrəˌtiːz/; Greek: Πολυκράτης), son of Aeaces, was the tyrant of Samos from the 540s BC to 522 BC. He had a reputation as both a fierce warrior and an enlightened tyrant.