Chilon
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"Ouchey August 3d 1869 "We went to the castle of Chilon by steam and row boat.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first of them had the name of Solon, the second Chilon, the third Periander, the fourth Talus, the fifth Cleobulus, the sixth Bias, the seventh Pittacus.
From The Banquet (Il Convito) by Sayer, Elizabeth Price
According to Chilon, the great virtue of man was prudence, or well-grounded judgment as to future events.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
As soon as he was able to learn, Cato himself taught him his letters, although he had a clever slave named Chilon, who taught many children to read.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume II by Stewart, Aubrey
Chilon was one of the seven sages of Greece, and flourished about B.C.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
