CLEOBULUS  , one of the Seven Sages of See also:

• GREECE

Greece, a native and See also:

• TYRANT (Gr. r6pavvos, master, ruler)

tyrant of Lindus in See also:

• RHODES
• RHODES, CECIL JOHN (1853-1902)
• RHODES, JAMES FORD

Rhodes . He was distinguished for his strength and his handsome See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, for the See also:

• WISDOM, BOOK OF, or WISDOM OF SOLOMON (Sept. Io4ia IaXwµwvos; Lat. Vulg. Liber sapientiae)

wisdom of his sayings, the acuteness of his See also:

• RIDDLES (A.S. raedan, to interpret)

riddles and the beauty of his lyric See also:

• POETRY

poetry . See also:

• DIOGENES

Diogenes Laertius quotes a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter in which Cleobulus invites See also:

• SOLON (7th and 6th century n.c.)

Solon to take See also:

• REFUGE

refuge with him against See also:

• PEISISTRATUS, (605?–527 B.c.)

Peisistratus; and this would imply that he was alive in 56o B.C . He is said to have held advanced views as to See also:

• FEMALE

female See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and he was the See also:

• FATHER

father of the See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise Cleobuline, whose riddles were not less famous than his own (Diogenes Laertius i . 89-93) . See F . G . Mullach, Fragmenta Philosophorum Graecorum, i . CLEOMENES (KXeo7dv is), the name of three Spartan See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of the Agiad See also:

• LINE

line .