Pittacus

[ pit-uh-kuhs ]

noun

1. c650–570 b.c., democratic statesman and reformer from Mytilene.

Example Sentences

Once explained to Pittacus, my donkey, and he would smile until every tooth in his head could be seen.

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At any rate, Pittacus was no sort of a mount for a witch, not being sufficiently swift for those lively ladies.

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Pittacus of Mitylene, another of the sages, is reported to have lived at that time.

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Pittacus wronged by one whom he had it in his power to punish, let him go free, saying, Forgiveness is better than revenge.

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Socrates proceeds to argue in a highly impressive manner that the whole composition is intended as an attack upon Pittacus.

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