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Cleobulus

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[klee-oh-byoo-luhs, klee-uh-, klee-ob-yuh-luhs] / ˌkli oʊˈbju ləs, ˌkli ə-, kliˈɒb jə ləs /

noun

flourished 560 b.c., Greek sage and lyric poet, a native and tyrant of Lindus, Rhodes.

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The following may be selected:— "Cleobulus I love, for Cleobulus I am mad, Cleobulus I watch and worship with my gaze."

From A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion by Symonds, John Addington

Cleobulus said, That in which the master is more beloved than feared.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

Cleobulus, one of the seven sages of Greece; friend of Plato; wrote lyrics and riddles in verse, 530 B.C.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

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