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# NetHack 3.7 data.base
# $NHDT-Date: 1605726848 2020/11/18 19:14:08 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.98 $
# $NHDT-Date: 1608767189 2020/12/23 23:46:29 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.99 $
# Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
# Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
# NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.
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And welcomes little fishes in,
With gently smiling jaws!
[ How Doth The Little Crocodile, by Lewis Carroll ]
# Creosote is the Discworld analogue of Croesus
croesus
kroisos
creosote
Croesus (in Greek: Kroisos), the wealthy last king of Lydia;
his empire was destroyed when he attacked Cyrus in 549, after
the Oracle of Delphi (q.v.) had told him: "if you attack the
Persians, you will destroy a mighty empire". Herodotus
his empire was destroyed when he attacked Cyrus in 549 BC,
after the Oracle of Delphi (q.v.) had told him: "if you attack
the Persians, you will destroy a mighty empire". Herodotus
relates of his legendary conversation with Solon of Athens,
who impressed upon him that being rich does not imply being
happy and that no one should be considered fortunate before