Cleobulus

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

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Optimus est, Cleobulus ait, modus, incola Lindi; ex Ephyra, Periandre, doces cuncta emeditanda; tempus nosce inquit Mitylenis Pittacus ortus; plures esse malos Bias autumat ille Prieneus; Milesiusque Thales sponsori damna minatur; 5 nosce inquit tete Chilon Lacedaemone cretus; Cecropiusque Solon ne quid nimis induperabit.

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Cleobulus also was a Heraclide, according to Diog.

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As early as the seventh century before the Christian era, Cleobulus, one of the seven sages of Greece, insisted that maidens should have the same intellectual training as youths, and illustrated his doctrine in the careful education of his daughter, Cleobuline, who became a poetess of wide renown.

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

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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."

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