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	Pittacus of Mytilene - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In consequence of this victory the Mytilenaeans held Pittacus in the greatest honor and presented the supreme power into his hands.
		The legend says that his son was killed and when the murderer was brought before Pittacus, he dismissed the man, saying, "Pardon is better than repentance." Of this matter, Heraclitus says that he had got the murderer into his power and then he released him, saying, "Pardon is better than punishment."
		It was a saying of Pittacus, that it is a hard thing to be really a good man. Others of his sayings were:
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pittacus_of_Mitylene (308 words)

	Mitylene
		The home of many famous persons, among them Sappho, Alcæus, and the sage Pittacus, Mitylene was famous for its beauty and for the strength of its walls.
		Until this time Mitylene was only an autocephalous archbishopric; the "Notitia" of Leo the Wise about 900 describes it as a metropolitan see with five suffragans.
		Dorotheus of Mitylene stands out among the friends of the Union at the Council of Florence of which he wrote a history in Greek (Mansi, XXXI, 463 sq., 997, 1009).
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/m/mitylene.html (332 words)

	PLATO - PROTAGORAS 370 BC - FULL TEXT - IN FIVE WEBPAGE PARTS - PART THREE - Translated by Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893) ...
		Pittacus does not say as Simonides says, that hardly can a man become good, but hardly can a man be good: and our friend Prodicus would maintain that being, Protagoras, is not the same as becoming; and if they are not the same, then Simonides is not inconsistent with himself.
		Yes, he said, that was certainly his meaning; and he is twitting Pittacus with ignorance of the use of terms, which in a Lesbian, who has been accustomed to speak a barbarous language, is natural.
		Such were Thales of Miletus, and Pittacus of Mitylene, and Bias of Priene, and our own Solon, and Cleobulus the Lindian, and Myson the Chenian; and seventh in the catalogue of wise men was the Lacedaemonian Chilo.
	evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com /plato_protagoras03.htm (3074 words)

	Diogenes Laertius Lives of the Philosophers: Pittacus, translated by C.D. Yonge
		BY DIOGENES LAERTIUS, TRANSLATED BY C.D. PITTACUS was a native of Mitylene, and son of Hyrradius.
		Pittacus agreed to meet him in single combat, and having a net under his shield, he entangled Phrynon without his being aware of it beforehand, and so, having killed him, he preserved the district in dispute to his countrymen.
		Alcaeas calls Pittacus sarapous and sarapos, because he was splay-footed, and used to drag his feet in walking; he also called him cheiropodês, because he had scars on his feet which were called cheirades.
	classicpersuasion.org /pw/diogenes/dlpittacus.htm (959 words)

	Pittacus of Mytilene
		Pittacus was the son of Hyrradius, and one of the Seven Sages of Greece.
		It was a saying of Pittacus, that it is a hard thing to be really a good man. Another of his sayings were:
		The muse Calliope surrounded by Socrates and the Seven Sages - Solon, Thales, Bias of Priene, Cleobulos, Periander, Pittacus of Mytilene and Chilon.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/PittacusOfMytilene.html (381 words)

	Diogène Laërce, Pittacus (traduction française)
		Pittacus, ayant enveloppé son ennemi avec un filet qu'il tenait caché sous son bouclier, le tua et se rendit maître du champ.
		Pittacus disait encore que les dieux mêmes ne résistent point à la nécessité, et que le gouvernement est la pierre de touche du cœur de l'homme.
		Alcée donne à Pittacus plusieurs épithètes: l'une prise de ce qu'il avait de grands pieds, l'autre de ce qu'il s'y était formé des ouvertures, une autre de l'orgueil qu'il lui attribuait, d'autres de ce qu'il était corpulent, de ce qu'il soupait sans lumière, de ce qu'il était malpropre et mal arrangé.
	remacle.org /bloodwolf/philosophes/laerce/pittacus.htm (1052 words)

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		And you, Pittacus, are saying, "Hard is it to be good." Now there is a difficulty in becoming good; and yet this is possible: but to be good is an impossibility- For he who does well is the good man, and he who does ill is the bad.
		For he was under the impression that a good man might often compel himself to love and praise another, and to be the friend and approver of another; and that there might be an involuntary love, such as a man might feel to an unnatural father or mother, or country, or the like.
		And you, Pittacus, I would never have blamed, if you had spoken what was moderately good and true; but I do blame you because, putting on the appearance of truth, you are speaking falsely about the highest matters.
	classics.mit.edu /Plato/protagoras.1b.txt (11470 words)

	Seven sages
		Such were Thales of Miletus, and Pittacus of Mitylene, and Bias of Priene, and our own Solon, and Cleobulus the Lindian, and Myson the Chenian; and seventh in the catalogue of wise men was the Spartan Chilon.
		Diogenes Laertius, the author of the entertaining Lives of the Philosophers, mentions several writers who had included lists of seven sages in their books on the history of Greek philosophy, like Dicaearchus of Messene (late fourth century), Maeandrius of Miletus (early third century), and three authors whose names are not mentioned.
		The grand total is twenty-three, of which Thales, Pittacus, Bias, Solon, and -to a lesser extent- Pythagoras were more or less universally recognized.
	www.livius.org /se-sg/7sages/seven_sages.html (488 words)

	Plato, Protagoras ToC: The Online Library of Liberty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Lacedaemonians are great philosophers (although this is a fact which is not generally known); and the soul of their philosophy is brevity, which was also the style of primitive antiquity and of the seven sages.
		Now Pittacus had a saying, ‘Hard is it to be good:’ and Simonides, who was jealous of the fame of this saying, wrote a poem which was designed to controvert it.
		No, says he, Pittacus; not ‘hard to be good,’ but ‘hard to become good.’ Socrates proceeds to argue in a highly impressive manner that the whole composition is intended as an attack upon Pittacus.
	oll.libertyfund.org /Home3/HTML.php?recordID=0292 (12843 words)

	PROTAGORAS by Plato, Part 03
		So that when the force of circumstances overpowers the man of resources and skill and virtue, then he cannot help being bad.
		And you, Pittacus, are saying, "Hard is it to be good." Now there is a difficulty in becoming good; and yet this is possible: but to be good is an impossibility-
		For he who does well is the good man, and he who does ill is the bad.
	www.greekmythology.com /Books/Classic/plato/protagoras_03.html (3448 words)

	Chapter 2
		Whether Mitylene is the correct rendering of Butuyaman is questionable.
		Gutium, possibly that of Pittacus tyrant of Mitylene, and that of Nabu–mah (?)–rib–ahu.
		In Darius’ inscriptions, also, it will be noticed that aside from ancestors, kings, and pretenders, and their fathers, or ancestors, he mentions none but a few of his generals, his six fellow–conspirators and their fathers, his bearer of the bow and his bridle–holder.
	home.earthlink.net /~ironmen/wilson/studies_chap02.htm (4608 words)

	Pittacus of Mitylene Quotes
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	www.worldofquotes.com /author/Pittacus-of-Mitylene/1/index.html (50 words)

	Seven Sages Speech. Daniel B. Levine "The Philosophical Pleiad and College Teaching"
		I've always been interested in the Seven Sages of Ancient Greece, and would like to share some thoughts on their relevance to our own profession: teaching.
		Of course, you remember them all: Thales of Miletus, Bias of Priene, Pittacus of Mitylene, Cleobulus of Lindus, Solon of Athens, Chilon of Sparta, and Periander of Corinth.
		He made laws for the people of Mitylene: one was that the penalty should be doubled for an offence committed under the influence of alcohol.
	www.uark.edu /campus-resources/dlevine/Sages.html (1414 words)

	CHURCH FATHERS: The Stromata (St. Clement of Alexandria)
		These things are reported by Scamo of Mitylene, Theophrastus of Ephesus, Cydippus of Mantinea, also Antiphanes, Aristodemus, and Aristotle; and besides these, Philostephanus, and also Strato the Peripatetic, in his books Concerning Inventions.
		The first who was called a grammarian, as we now use the term, was Praxiphanes, the son of Disnysophenes of Mitylene.
		Zeleucus the Locrian was reported to have been the first to have framed laws (in writing).
	www.newadvent.org /fathers/02101.htm (15832 words)

	Protagoras by Plato (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		All this relates to Pittacus, as is further proved by the sequel.
		Therefore I will not throw away my span of life to no purpose in searching after the impossible, hoping in vain to find a perfectly faultless man among those who partake of the fruit of the broad-bosomed earth: if I find him, I will send you word.
		But him who does no evil, voluntarily I praise and love;-not even the gods war against necessity.
	www.4literature.net /Plato/Protagoras/12.html (815 words)

	Thales of Miletus [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The earliest reference to the Seven Sages of Ancient Greece is in Plato's Protagoras in which he listed seven names: 'A man's ability to utter such remarks [notable, short and compressed] is to be ascribed to his perfect education.
		Plato wrote that their notable maxims were featured at Delphi: 'They [the Sages], assembled together and dedicated these [short memorable sayings] as the first-fruits of their lore to Apollo in his Delphic temple, inscribing there those maxims which are on every tongue - "Know thyself' and "Nothing overmuch" ' (Pl. Prt.
		Several other lists were compiled: Hippobotus (D.L. I.42); Pittacus (D.L. I.42); and Diogenes (D.L. They omitted some names and adding others.
	www.utm.edu /research/iep/t/thales.htm (9340 words)

	Seven Sages
		Western philosophy begins with the ancient Greeks and Greek philosophy begins with the so called Seven Sages of the 6th century B. The earliest reference to the Seven Sages is in Plato's dialogue entitled Protagoras where he names them as follows:
		Such men were Thales of Miletus, Pittacus of Mitylene, Bias of Priene, Solon of our city [Athens], Cleobulus of Lindus, Myson of Chen, and, last of the traditional seven, Chilon of Sparta.
		The men who were commonly regarded as sages were the following: Thales, Solon, Periander, Cleobulus, Chilon, Bias, Pittacus...
	www.angelfire.com /folk/greatminds/seven_sages.htm (236 words)

	Clement of Alexandria
		And the aphorism, "Practice conquers everything,"161 they will have it to be Periander's; and likewise the advice, "Know the opportunity," to have been a saying of Pittacus.
		These things are reported by Seame of Mitylene, Theophrastus of Ephesus, Cydippus of Mantinea also Antiphanes, Aristodemus, and Aristotle and besides these, Philostephanus, and also Strato the Peripatetic, in his books Concerning Inventions.
		Zeleucus the Locrian was reported to have been the first to have framed laws (in writing) Others say that it was Menos the son of Zeus, in the time of Lynceus.
	www.ecatholic2000.com /fathers/an2/39.shtml (18120 words)

	PROTAGORAS by Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett
		I said, Protagoras; then I am a sorry physician, and do but aggravate a disorder which I am seeking to cure.
		And you, Pittacus, I would never have blamed, if you had spoken what was moderately good and true; but I do blame you because, putting on the appearance of truth, you are speaking falsely about the highest matters.'--And this, I said, Prodicus and Protagoras, I take to be the meaning of Simonides in this poem.
		Hippias said: I think, Socrates, that you have given a very good explanation of the poem; but I have also an excellent interpretation of my own which I will propound to you, if you will allow me. Nay, Hippias, said Alcibiades; not now, but at some other time.
	academic.regis.edu /proebuck/texts/protagoras.htm (13621 words)

	Greece, A History of Ancient Greece, Solon and Laws (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		that he was classed along with Thales of Miletus, Bias of Priene, Pittacus of
		Mitylene, Periander of Corinth, Cleobulus of Lindus, Cheilon of Lacedaemon -
		Pittacus of Mitylene anterior to the archonship of Solon, and often in the
	history-world.org /solon.htm (7941 words)

	protagoras.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		(this is the vehement way in which he pursues his attack upon Pittacus throughout the whole poem):
		(and here observe that he uses a Lesbian word, epainemi [approve], because he is addressing Pittacus,
		Who love and approve every one voluntarily, who does no evil: and that the stop should be put after "voluntarily"); "but there are some whom I involuntarily praise and love.
	www.utdallas.edu /~mjleaf/protagoras.html (14299 words)

	The Circle of Hadrian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		No better title did any king or tyrant ever gain, no, not even Antiochus, surnamed Divine, nor Mithridates, surnamed Dionysus.
		And even Pittacus of Mitylene might have been proud to be called at one and the same time both tyrant and sage; but, as a matter of fact, in clinging to the second title he stripped himself of his tyranny.
		Yet as for Periander, while he shared the name of sage with a few and that of tyrant with many, as both tyrant and sage he stood alone.
	www.liminalityland.com /phlegonpolemo.htm (7934 words)

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