Pittacus of Mytilene
Ancient Greek philosopher and politician · Academics · Lived 650 BC to 570 BC · aged 80
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Something wrong?A general who earned a spot among the Seven Sages of Greece - the short list of wisdom figures the ancient world actually listened to.
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Gustave Moreau, Pittacus the Tyrant in War Costume, 1883, NGA 75833
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Pittacus from Images des héros et des grands hommes de l'antiquitéIn their own words 8
, Forgiveness is better than revenge.
Whatever you do, do it well.
Even the Gods cannot strive against necessity.
In their orbit
About this person
Pittacus was born around 640 BC in Mytilene, the chief city of Lesbos. He rose as a military general in an era when Greek city-states lived and died by the men who could hold their walls. Somewhere in those years of command he earned a reputation not just for tactics but for judgment - the kind that got him named one of the Seven Sages, the ancient world's canonical wise men. He died around 568 BC, his name preserved in a list that outlasted armies.
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