Editing Polycrates (section)

{{Short description|6th century BC tyrant of Samos}}
{{Other people}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Polycrates
| full name        =Πολυκράτης Αἰάκου Σαμαῖος
| title          = [[Tyrant|Tyrant of Samos]]
| image = Polykrates with Pharao Amasis II.jpg
| caption = Polycrates with Pharaoh [[Amasis II]] (19th century illustration).
| reign = {{nowrap|540s – 522 BC}}
| birth_place = [[Samos]]
| death_date = 522 BC
| death_place = [[Magnesia on the Maeander|Magnesia]], [[Achaemenid Empire]]
| father=[[Aeaces (father of Polycrates)|Aeaces I]]
|predecessor = [[Aeaces (father of Polycrates)|Aeaces I]]?
| successor = Maeandrus 
| house=Aeacids
}}

'''Polycrates''' ({{IPAc-en|p|ə|ˈ|l|ɪ|k|r|ə|ˌ|t|iː|z}}; {{langx|grc|Πολυκράτης}}), son of [[Aeaces (father of Polycrates)|Aeaces]], was the [[tyrant]] of [[Samos]] from the 540s BC to 522 BC. He had a reputation as both a fierce warrior and an enlightened tyrant.