I actually have read Herodotus, and even once wrote a paper demonstrating that Shakespeare’s Macbeth was likely inspired by the story of Croesus and the Delphi Oracle. The paper was nominated for an award offered by my university. But it so happens I had two other papers nominated at the same time, and I think they thought it would look weird if they gave the same person 1st and second place in the same category. Consequently, I only won 1st place in two categories that year.
That’s an interesting take on MacBeth.