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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

Laser love... a still from the film version of Pittacus Lore's novel I Am Number Four.

From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 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 said, "Every one of you hath his particular plague, and my wife is mine; and he is very happy who hath this only."

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John