Chilon

American  

[kahy-lon] / ˈkaɪ lɒn /

Also Chilo

noun

1. flourished 556 b.c., Greek sage and ephor at Sparta.

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Example Sentences

In the early 3rd century, biographer Diogenes Laërtius attributed the phrase “do not speak ill of the dead” to philosopher Chilon of Sparta, later popularized in Latin as De mortuis nihil nisi bonum.

From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2018

"Ouchey August 3d 1869 "We went to the castle of Chilon by steam and row boat.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chilon was so busy that the messengers had to wait several days before they could see him.

From Fifty Famous People by Baldwin, James

Of these was Thales of Miletus, Pittacus of Mytilene, Bias the Prienean, and our own Solon, Cleobulus the Lindian, and Myson of Chen, and the seventh among them was called Chilon, a Lacedaemonian.

From Plato and Platonism by Pater, Walter

At 11:15, we passed the bridge over the stream on which Chilon is built, and a moment later drew up at the town-house.

From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick