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Croesus — The King Who Questioned Happiness

Film 3: 6th century BC, Kingdom of Lydia (Sardis)/Delphi

The king who possessed the world's greatest wealth, asked a sage about happiness, and lost everything. The glory and fall of the man who separated currency into gold and silver.

The video and narration are in Japanese. The text for each scene can be read in the language of this page.

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Croesus, Prince of Lydia

Video Version

16:9 version 5 min 59 sec