The ring of Polycrates

"He stood on his roof's battlements ..."
The Greek ruler Polycrates looks down proudly and happily on his city of Samos. A friend, the king Amasis of Egypt, is visiting and can't get out of his amazement: everything that could be a threat to Polycrates finally dissolves into bliss. Amasis fears that this sheer
unbelievable luck of his friend could arouse the envy of the gods! So he advises him to make a sacrifice to the gods. Polycrates throws his most valuable signet ring into the sea. Will this appease the gods?
The series "Poetry for Children" is enriched with "The Ring of Polycrates" by another legendary volume.
another fabulous volume. Almud Kunert illustrates Friedrich Schiller's gripping ballad with great detail and charm.