Diogenes Laërtius further states that Dicaearchus gave ten possible names, Hippobotus suggested twelve names, and Hermippus enumerated seventeen possible sages from which different people made different selections of seven. Both Ephorus and Plutarch (in his Banquet of the Seven Sages) substituted Anacharsis for Myson. On Diogenes' first list of seven, which he introduces with the words 'These men are acknowledged wise', Periander appears instead of Myson the same substitution appears in The Masque of the Seven Sages by Ausonius. Perhaps the two most common substitutions were to exchange Periander or Anacharsis for Myson. 555 BCE) was a Spartan politician to whom the militarization of Spartan society was attributed.ĭiogenes Laërtius points out, however, that there was among his sources great disagreement over which figures should be counted among the seven. 585 BCE) Myson of Chenae (6th century BCE) Anacharsis the Scythian (6th century BCE). 600 BCE), reported as either the grandfather or father-in-law of Thales Periander of Corinth (b. The fifth and sixth sage are variously given as two of: Cleobulus, tyrant of Lindos ( fl.558 BCE) was a famous legislator and reformer from Athens, framing the laws that shaped the Athenian democracy. 6th century BC) was a politician and legislator of the 6th century BCE. He tried to reduce the power of the nobility and was able to govern with the support of the demos, whom he favoured.

The ancient biographer Diogenes Laertius attributes the aphorism, ' Know thyself', engraved on the front facade of the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, to Thales, although there was no ancient consensus on this attribution. 546 BCE) is the first well-known Greek philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer. Typically the list of the seven sages includes: The Seven Sages, depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle

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