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Antiphon, Speeches (ed. K. J. Maidment) | 36 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley) | 22 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Diodorus Siculus, Library | 16 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Plato, Protagoras, section 339c (search)
My good sir, I have given it ample attention.Are you aware, then, he asked, that as the ode proceeds he says at one point—Nor ringeth true to meThat word of Pittacus—Pittacus, ruler of Mytilene, despaired of rilling well on the ground here stated.And yet 'twas a sage who spake—Hard, quoth he, to be good.Simonides Fr. 37.1.11Do you note that this and the former are statements of the same person?I know that, I said.Then do you think the second agrees with the first?So far as I can see, it does, I replied (at the same time, though, I was afraid there was something in what he said). Why, I asked, does it not seem so to
Plato, Protagoras, section 343a (search)
to utter such remarks is to be ascribed to his perfect education. Such men were Thales of Miletus, Pittacus of Mytilene, Bias of Priene, Solon of our city, Cleobulus of Lindus, Myson of Chen, and, last of the traditional seven, Chilon of Sparta. All these were enthusiasts, lovers and disciples of the Spartan culture; and you can recognize that character in their wisdom by the short, memorable sayings that fell from each of them they assembled together