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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

Pittacus Lore, the leader of Lorien has supposedly been tracing the footsteps of his champions.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 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

Pittacus wronged by one whom he had it in his power to punish, let him go free, saying, Forgiveness is better than revenge.

From The Golden Sayings of Epictetus by Epictetus

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