Cleanthes

American  

[klee-an-theez] / kliˈæn θiz /

noun

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

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Cleanthes British  

/ klɪˈænθiːz /

noun

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

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Cleanthes

I consider Cleanthes the patron saint of nail-biters.

From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2018

He has added the part of Cleanthes, the wife of Sosia, suggested to him by a line put into the mouth of Sosia by Plautus— “Quid me expectatum non rere amicæ meæ venturum.”

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop

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 J. A. (John Adam) Cramb

The grandest expression of the Stoic religion, however, is found in the hymn of Cleanthes.

From The Five Great Philosophies of Life by William De Witt Hyde

While there is frequent allusion to the Stoics in the poem, there is no direct mention either of them or of their chief teachers, Zeno, Chrysippus, or Cleanthes.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by W. Y. Sellar

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