Cleanthes

American  

[klee-an-theez] / kliˈæn θiz /

noun

1. c300–232? b.c., Greek Stoic philosopher.

---

Cleanthes British  

/ klɪˈænθiːz /

noun

1. ?300–?232 _bc , Greek philosopher: succeeded Zeno as head of the Stoic school

---

Example Sentences

I consider Cleanthes the patron saint of nail-biters.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2018

He was followed by Cleanthes, and then by Chrysippus, as leaders of the school.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

This is the Power addressed in the famous hymn of Cleanthes, and that appealed to in the familiar τοῦ γὰρ καὶ γένος ἐσμέν of Aratus.

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.

Substituting Hellas for Jerusalem, this is the prayer of a Greek of the age of Isocrates, of Cleanthes, and of Alexander.

From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by Cramb, J. A. (John Adam)

Cleanthes, a poor boy, was anxious to attend the school of Zeno.

From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix