Codrus or Codron, semi-mythical last King of Athens, c. 1089-1068 BC. Sacrificed himself for victory against the Dorians. Bust with royal diadem and beard. Re datene creduto per Codro. Copperplate engraving by Guillaume Vallet after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell' Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio de’Lazari, Rome, 1699.

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