She laughed, sliding down on the bench next to him. "Really? And here I thought the croseus of the camp would be the shallowest of men. Waiting for a pretty girl to cross his path, to distract him for the miseries and woes of his now poverty filled life."
Croesus -a very rich man
Added Info -The original Croesus was a sixth-century B.C. king of Lydia, an ancient kingdom in what is now Turkey. Croesus conquered many surrounding regions, grew very wealthy, and became the subject of legends. In one legend, he was visited by Solon, the wise Athenian lawgiver. (Historians say this isn't chronologically possible, but it makes a good story.) Solon supposedly told Croesus, who thought he had everything: "Account no man happy before his death." Thi smade Croesus angry, and he threw the lawmaker out of his court. Croesus would rethink Solon's pronouncement later when his empire was overthrown by the Persians. Croesus's name shows up in the phrase "rich as Croesus," meaning "filthy rich," and it has also entered English as a generic term for someone extremely wealthy.
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