PITTACUS  , of Mytilene in See also:

• LESBOS (Mytilene, Turk. Midullu)

Lesbos (c . 650-570 B.C.), one of the Seven Sages of See also:

• GREECE

Greece . About 611, with the assistance of the See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers of the poet See also:

• ALCAEUS (Ar earos)

Alcaeus, he overthrew Melanchrus, See also:

• TYRANT (Gr. r6pavvos, master, ruler)

tyrant of Lesbos . In a See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war (6o6) between the Mytilenaeans and Athenians for the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of Sigeum on the See also:

• HELLESPONT (i.e. " Sea of Helle "; variously named in classical literature `EXX oirov-ros, o "EXXns a6vros, Hellespontum Pelagus, and Rectum Hellesponticum)

Hellespont he slew the Athenian See also:

• COMMANDER

commander Phrynon in single combat . In 589 his See also:

• FELLOW

fellow citizens entrusted Pittacus with despotic See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power (with the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Aesymnetes) for the purpose of protecting them against the exiled nobles, at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of whom were Alcaeus and his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Antimenides . He resigned the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government after holding it for ten years, and died ten years later . According to See also:

• DIOGENES

Diogenes Laertius, who credits him with an undoubtedly See also:

• SPURIOUS

spurious 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 to See also:

• CROESUS

Croesus (with whom his connexion was probably legendary), Pittacus was a writer of elegiac poems, from which he quotes five lines . His favourite sayings were: " It is hard to be See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good," and " Know when to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act." See See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus v . 27, 94; Diog . Laeen i . 4; See also:

• LUCIAN (d. 312)
• LUCIAN [Aowaavos] (c. A.D. 120-180)

Lucian, Macrobii, i8; See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo xiii . 600, 617-618; See also:

• ARISTOTLE
• ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)

Aristotle, Politics, ii .

12, iii . 14; T . See also:

• BERGK, THEODOR (1812—1881)

Bergk, See also:

• NETTLE (0. Eng. netele, cf. Ger. Nessel)

Nettle lyrici graeci .