Cleobulus

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

noun

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

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Cleobulus

Cleobulus said, As touching fooles, I will tell you a tale which I heard my mother once relate unto a brother of mine.

From Moon Lore by Timothy Harley

Here, the Cumans say, he composed an epitaph on Gordius, king of Phrygia, which has however, and with greater probability, been attributed to Cleobulus of Lindus.

From The Odyssey by Alexander Pope

Fifthly, Cleobulus said, Where the rulers fear reproof and shame more than the law.

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

Of the genuine Anacreon we possess more numerous and longer fragments, and the names of his favourites, Cleobulus, Smerdies, Leucaspis, are famous.

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

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 Elizabeth Price Sayer