Greek Lyric
Thaletas vel Thales
Testimonia Vitae Atque Artis
1 Diog. Laert. 1. 38 (i 16 Long)
γεγόνασι δὲ καὶ ἄλλοι Θαλαῖ, καθά φησι Δημήτριος ὁ Μάγνης ἐν τοῖς Ὁμωνύμοις, πέντε· . . . τρίτος ἀρχαῖος πάνυ, κατὰ Ἡσίοδον καὶ Ὅμηρον καὶ Λυκοῦργον.
2 [Plut.] Mus. 10. 1134d (p. 115 Lasserre, vi 3. 9 Ziegler)
Γλαῦκος (fr. 4 Müller) γὰρ μετ᾿ Ἀρχίλοχον φάσκων γεγενῆσθαι Θαλήταν . . .
3 [Plut.] Mus. 10. 1134e (p. 115 Lasserre, vi 3. 9 Ziegler)
πρεσβύτερον δὲ τῇ ἡλικίᾳ φησὶν ὁ Γλαῦκος (fr. 4 Müller) Θαλήταν Ξενοκρίτου γεγονέναι.
Thaletas
Thaletas or Thales
Life and Works
Chronology1
1 Diogenes Laertius, Life of Thales (the philosopher)
There have been five other men called Thales, according to Demetrius of Magnesia in his Men of the Same Name . . . The third is very ancient, a contemporary of Hesiod, Homer and Lycurgus.2
2 ‛Plutarch’, On Music
For Glaucus,1 alleging that Thaletas came after Archilochus, says . . .2
3 ‛Plutarch’, On Music
Glaucus1 says that Thaletas was older than Xenocritus.2