Also known as Phocylides of Miletus
Phocylides (), Greek gnomic poet of Miletus, contemporary of Theognis of Megara, was born about 560 BC.
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Phocylides (), Greek gnomic poet of Miletus, contemporary of Theognis of Megara, was born about 560 BC.
A few fragments of his "maxims" have survived (chiefly in the Florilegium of Stobaeus), in which he expresses his contempt for the pomps and vanities of rank and wealth, and sets forth in simple language his ideas of honour, justice and wisdom. An example is an epigram quoted by Dio Chrysostom:
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