[Born at Priene, in Ionia. Flourished, it is believed, about the middle of the Sixth Century B.C.] One of the Seven Sages; and of the four to whom alone the title was universally conceded: the remaining three being Thales, Pittacus, and Solon. His profession was that of an advocate; his philosophy was practical--the fruit of experience. Many of his sayings and doings have been recorded. He died at a very advanced age. [From the marble in the Vatican, which bears his name and the motto:-- ΟΙ ΠΛΕΙΣΤΟΙ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΙ ΚΑΚΟΙ. “The majority of men are bad.” A curious mistake of the engraver is observable in the word ΠΡΗΝΕΥΣ, in which the I is omitted; it should have been ΠΡΙΗΝΕΥΣ, the name of his birth-place. This bust was found at Tivoli, with that of Periander, No. 29.]