He died at the ripe age of seventy ; and the inscription over him is ¢@: . Here the wise Rhodian, Cleobulus, sleeps, And o’er his ashes sea-proud Lindus weeps. His apophthegm was: Moderation is best. And he wrote to Solon the following letter: Cleobulus to Solon “‘ You have many friends and a home wherever you go; but the most suitable for Solon will, say I, be Lindus, which is governed by a democracy. The island lies on the high seas, and one who lives here has nothing to fear from Pisistratus. And friends from all parts will come to visit you.” Cuaprer 7. PERIANDER (tyrant 625-585 B.c.) Periander, the son of Cypselus, was born at Corinth, of the family of the Heraclidae. His wife was Lysida, whom he called Melissa. Her father was Procles, tyrant of Epidaurus, her mother Eristheneia, daughter of Aristocrates and sister of Aristodemus, who together reigned over nearly the whole of Arcadia, as stated by Heraclides of Pontus in his book On Government. By her he had two sons, Cypselus _and Lycophron, the younger a man of intelligence, the elder weak in mind. However, after some time, in a fit of anger, he killed his wife by throwing a footstool at her, or by a kick, when she was pregnant, having been egged on by the slanderous tales of concubines, whom he afterwards burnt alive. When the son whose name was Lycophron grieved