Cleobulus
[ klee-oh-byoo-luhs, klee-uh-, klee-ob-yuh-luhs ]
noun
flourished 560 b.c., Greek sage and lyric poet, a native and tyrant of Lindus, Rhodes.
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How to use Cleobulus in a sentence
Cleobulus, one of the seven wise men, was a native of Lindus.
Cleobulus said, That in which the master is more beloved than feared.
Essays and Miscellanies | PlutarchHe is apparently rebuking Cleobulus of Lindus in Rhodes for an arrogant epigraph inscribed upon some stelé.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2) | John Addington SymondsCleobulus, however, as well as his son Philaritus, is in fact purely Arcadian in character.
Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama | Walter W. GregFifthly, Cleobulus said, Where the rulers fear reproof and shame more than the law.
Essays and Miscellanies | Plutarch
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