 | Chilon of Sparta (Ancient Greek: Χείλων) (fl. 6th century BC) was a Spartan and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Chilon was the son of Damagetus, and... 4 KB (567 words) - 21:32, 11 January 2024 |
 | I – king Agis II – king Chilon – philosopher Chionis (7th century BC) – athlete Clearchus of Sparta – mercenary in the army of the Ten Thousand. Cleomenes... 95 KB (11,895 words) - 19:19, 15 April 2024 |
| tyrant of Lindos (fl. c. 600 BCE), reported as either the grandfather or father-in-law of Thales; Myson of Chenae (6th century BCE); and Chilon of Sparta (fl... 10 KB (1,293 words) - 06:50, 24 April 2024 |
Laconic phrase (category Culture of Sparta) the seriousness of his attribution of a secret love of philosophy to Spartans. Still, the Spartans Myson of Chenae and Chilon of Sparta have traditionally... 17 KB (1,874 words) - 21:31, 14 April 2024 |
 | Leonidas I (redirect from Leonidas I of Sparta) setting aside his first. This second wife, a descendant of Chilon of Sparta (one of the Seven Sages of Greece), promptly bore a son, Cleomenes. However, one... 19 KB (2,149 words) - 03:44, 14 May 2024 |
Less is more (section Origin of the term) philosophy. The concept dates back at least to the ancient Greeks: Chilon of Sparta said the famous Ancient Greek proverb: "Το λακωνίζειν εστί φιλοσοφείν"... 5 KB (493 words) - 17:02, 12 May 2024 |
 | De mortuis nil nisi bonum (redirect from Do Not Speak Ill of the Dead) ill of the dead." Attributed to Chilon of Sparta, who was one of the Seven Sages of Greece, the aphoristic recommendation about not speaking ill of the... 8 KB (1,013 words) - 06:37, 21 January 2024 |
For most of its history, the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta in the Peloponnese was ruled by kings. Sparta was unusual among the Greek city-states in... 17 KB (940 words) - 18:22, 10 March 2024 |
birthdate of Jesus Chilon of Sparta Lady Ban (or Ban Jieyu), Chinese concubine and poet (b. 48 BC) Cleopatra Selene II, Ptolemaic princess of Egypt (approximate... 3 KB (376 words) - 12:05, 26 March 2024 |
Satyrus the Peripatetic (redirect from Satyrus of Athens) Sophocles, Euripides), and philosophers (Bias of Priene, Chilon of Sparta, Pythagoras, Empedocles, Zeno of Elea, Anaxagoras, Socrates, Diogenes, Anaxarchus... 2 KB (192 words) - 21:04, 2 July 2023 |