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CLEANTHES

Volume 6 · 111 words · 1823 Edition

was small, its port on the N. N. W. side of the island. Dr Chandler informs us, that traces of the walls are found by the sea; and in a hill are vestiges of a theatre. Three or four trees grow on it; and a Stoic philosopher, disciple of Zenec, flourished 240 years before Christ. He maintained himself in the day by working in the night; being questioned by the magistrates how he subsisted, he brought a woman for whom he kneaded bread, and a gardener for whom he drew water; and refused a present from them. He composed several works, of which there are now only a few fragments remaining.