# Polycrates — Histories character guide

> Polycrates in Histories by Herodotus.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Polycrates the Samian

**First appearance:** 0004-book-iii-thaleia

## Who they are

Tyrant of Samos whose prosperity ends in disaster.

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