CHILON  , of See also:

• SPARTA (Gr. Eirapril or AaKe5atycav)

Sparta, son of Damagetus, one of the Seven Sages of See also:

• GREECE

Greece, flourished about the beginning of the 6th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C . In 56o (or S56) he acted as See also:

• EPHOR (Gr. i4opos)

ephor, an See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office which he is even said to have founded . The tradition was that he died of joy on See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing that his son had gained a See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize at the Olympic See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games . According to Chilon, the See also:

• GREAT

great virtue of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man was prudence, or well-grounded See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment as to future events . A collection of the sayings attributed to him will be found in F . W . Mullach, Fragmenta Philosophorum Graecorum, i.; see See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus i . 69; See also:

• DIOGENES

Diogenes Laertius i . 68; See also:

• PAUSANIAS

Pausanias iii . 16, x . 24 .