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Pittacus

American  
[pit-uh-kuhs] / ˈpɪt ə kəs /

noun

  1. c650–570 b.c., democratic statesman and reformer from Mytilene.


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By the late 2010s, several big- and small-screen adaptions of hugely popular YA fantasy and science fiction series by Roth, Clare, Rick Yancey, and Pittacus Lore himself had bombed at the box office.

From Slate Dec. 17, 2019

The most successful of these products, 2011’s I Am Number Four, was written by Frey and Jobie Hughes under the pseudonym Pittacus Lore and was adapted by DreamWorks in 2011.

From Slate Dec. 17, 2019

I really do love Pittacus Lore: he blows me away every time.

From The Guardian Jul. 27, 2012

Frey doesn't publicly admit to penning the first book in the series; it's probably wise to let Pittacus take the rap for the movie as well.

From Time Feb. 17, 2011

First the poet says, 'Hard is it to become good,' and then reproaches Pittacus for having said, 'Hard is it to be good.'

From Protagoras by Jowett, Benjamin

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