Cleobulus

[ klee-oh-byoo-luhs, klee-uh-, klee-ob-yuh-luhs ]

noun

1. flourished 560 b.c., Greek sage and lyric poet, a native and tyrant of Lindus, Rhodes.

Example Sentences

Cleobulus, one of the seven wise men, was a native of Lindus.

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Cleobulus said, That in which the master is more beloved than feared.

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He is apparently rebuking Cleobulus of Lindus in Rhodes for an arrogant epigraph inscribed upon some stelé.

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Cleobulus, however, as well as his son Philaritus, is in fact purely Arcadian in character.

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Fifthly, Cleobulus said, Where the rulers fear reproof and shame more than the law.

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