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BIAS of See also:Priene in See also:Ionia, one of the so-called Seven Sages of See also:Greece, son of Teutamus, flourished about 570 B.C . He was famous for his patriotism, the See also:nobility of his See also:character and his eloquence . A number of See also:gnomes or aphorisms are attributed to him, which may be found collected in F . W . A . Mullach, Fragmenta Philosophorum Graecorum (186o) . He is said to have written a poem on the best means of making Ionia prosperous . His See also:advice to its inhabitants, at the See also:time of the See also:Persian invasion, to migrate to See also:Sardinia and there found a single See also:pan-Ionic See also:city (See also:Herodotus i . 170), has generally been regarded as See also:historical . One much-quoted saying of his may be mentioned . When his native See also:town was besieged by the enemy, the inhabitants resolved to See also:escape with their most valuable belongings . One of them seeing Bias without anything, advised him to follow the example of the See also:rest . " I am doing so," said he, " for I carry all my belongings with me " (omnia mea mecum See also:porto) . He was honoured with a splendid funeral, and a See also:sanctuary called Teutamium was dedicated to him . See Bohren, De Septem Sapientibus (186o) . |
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