Lloyd, Michael (Michael A.)Michael (Michael A.)Lloyd2014-07-242014-07-241987 Franz1987-06Hermes0018-0777http://hdl.handle.net/10197/5698This article discusses the famous scene in Herodotus where Solon tells Croesus that Tellos was the happiest man, followed by Cleobis and Biton. It argues that the two stories illustrate two different interpretations of the ambiguous Solonic paradox 'call no man happy until he is dead', and also (against earlier interpretations) that Solon's advice is fundamentally coherent.enHerodotusHappinessSolonCroesusJournal Article115122282014-04-03https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/