Editing Croesus (section)

===In popular culture===
According to the Armenian historian [[Movses Khorenatsi]] (c. 410–490s AD), who wrote a monumental ''[[History of Armenia (book)|History of Armenia]]'', the Armenian king [[Artaxias I]] accomplished many military deeds, which include the capture of Croesus and the conquest of the Lydian kingdom (2.12–13).<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/28124151/Croesus_Story_in_the_History_of_Armenia_of_Movs%C4%93s_Xorenaci_in_F_Gazzano_L_Pagani_G_Traina_eds_Greek_Texts_and_Armenian_Traditions_An_Interdisciplinary_Approach_Trends_in_Classics_Supplementary_Volumes_39_De_Gruyter_Berlin_Boston_2016] F. Gazzano, ''Croesus' Story in the History of Armenia of Movsēs Xorenac'i'', in F. Gazzano, L. Pagani, G. Traina (eds.), ''Greek Texts and Armenian Traditions: An Interdisciplinary Approach'' (TiC Suppl, Vol. 39), Berlin-Boston 2016, 83–113.</ref> References to Croesus' legendary power and wealth, often as a symbol of human vanity, are numerous in literature.

The following, by [[Isaac Watts]], is from the poem "False Greatness":

{{poemquote|
Thus mingled still with wealth and state,
Croesus himself can never know;
His true dimensions and his weight
Are far inferior to their show.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/horaelyricm00wa|title=Horae lyricae: poems, chiefly of the lyric kind ... /|last=Watts|first=Isaac|date=1762|publisher=New York : Printed and sold by [[Hugh Gaine]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Horae_Lyricae_(Isaac_Watts)|title=Horae Lyricae (Isaac Watts) – ChoralWiki|website=www2.cpdl.org|access-date=2016-12-20}}</ref>}}

Another literary example is "[[Croesus and Fate]]", a short story by [[Leo Tolstoy]] that is a retelling of the account of Croesus as told by Herodotus and Plutarch.

''Crœsus, King of Lydia'', is a tragedy in five parts by [[Alfred Bate Richards]], first published in 1845.

To be "''riche comme Crésus''" is a popular French saying to describe the wealthiest of the wealthy, and gave its name to a [[TF1]] game show ''Crésus'', where the king is reimagined as a CGI skeleton, who has returned from the dead to give some of his money away to lucky contestants.

On ''[[The Simpsons]]'', the wealthy [[Montgomery Burns]] lives at the corner of Croesus and [[Mammon]] Streets.

In ''[[The Sopranos]]'' season 4 episode 6, [[Ralph Cifaretto]] tells [[Artie Bucco]] “With what you take out of that bar, you must be sitting on money like King Croesus.”

In ''[[Squidbillies]]'' season 6 episode 8, Dan Halen remarks that he paid Early Cuyler, who he said "left with cash in hand, rich as Croesus".

In ''[[Ghosts (2019 TV series)]]'' season 1 episode 5, Julian Fawcett (played by [[Simon Farnaby]]) compares Barclays Beg-Chetwynde (played by [[Geoffrey McGivern]]) to Croesus, "Oh I remember this berk... rich as Croesus, loves the sound of his own voice."

In ''[[East of Eden (novel)|East of Eden]]'' Chapter 34, [[John Steinbeck]] refers to Croesus to explain living a righteous life. Wealth will vanish as did with Croesus. So, the question one should ask to determine whether one lived a good life or not is “Was he loved or was he hated? Is his death felt as a loss or does a kind of joy come of it?”

In 1968, English psychedelic pop band, [[World of Oz]], released its single titled "King Croesus."