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Pittacus
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One of the seven sages of Greece, born at Mitylene, in Lesbos, in the 7th century B.C.; celebrated as a warrior, a statesman, a philosopher, and a poet; expelled the tyrants from Mitylene, and held the supreme power for 10 years after by popular vote, and resigned on the establishment of social order; two proverbs are connected with his name: "It is difficult to be good," "Know the fit time."
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pittacus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/pittacus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pittacus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/pittacus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.