time by the forelock):
~Kairon gn[^o]thi~ (B.C. 652-569).

SOLON. "Know thyself:" ~Gn[^o]thi seauton~ (B.C. 638-558).

TH[=A]LES (2 _syl._). "Suretyship is the forerunner of ruin." ("He that
hateth suretyship is sure," _Prov._ xi. 15): ~Engua, para d'['a]t[^e]~
(B.C. 636-546).

First Solon, who made the Athenian laws,
While Chilo, in Sparta, was famed for his saws;
In Mil[=e]tos did Thal[^e]s astronomy teach;
Bias used in Pri[=e]n[^e] his morals to preach;
Cleob[=u]los of Lindos, was handsome and wise;
Mityl[=e]n[^e], gainst thraldom saw Pitt[)a]cos rise;
Periander is said to have gained, thro' his court,
The title that Myson, the Chenian, ought.

[Asterism] It is Plato who says that Myson should take the place of
Periander as one of the Seven Wise Men.

=Seven Years.=

Barbarossa changes his position in his sleep every seven years.

Charlemagne starts in his chair from sleep every seven years.

Ogier, the Dane, stamps his iron mace on the floor every seven years.

Olaf Redbeard of Sweden uncloses his eyes every seven years.

=Seven Year's War= (_The_), the war maintained by Frederick II. of Prussia
against Austria, Russia, and France (1756-1763).

=Seven Against Thebes= (_The_). At the death of Oed[)i]pus, his two
sons, Ete[)o]cl[^e]s and Polyn[=i]c[^e]s, agreed to reign alternate
years, but at the expiration of the first year Eteocl[^e]s refused to
resign the crown to his brother. Whereupon, Polynic[^e]s induced six
others to join him in besieging Thebes, but the expedition was a
failure. The names of the seven Grecian chiefs who marched against
Thebes were: Adrastos, Amphiar[=a]os, Kapaneus, Hippomedon (_Argives_),
Parthenopaeos (_an Arcadian_), Polynic[^e]s (_a Theban_), and Tydeus
(_an AEolian_). (See EPIGONI.)

AEschylos has a tragedy on the subject.

=Severn=, a corruption of Averne, daughter of Astrild. The legend is
this: King Locryn was engaged to Gwendolen, daughter of Cor[=i]neus, but
seeing Astrild (daughter of the king of Germany), who came to this
island with Homber, king of Hungary, fell in love with her. While
Corineus lived he durst not offend him, so he married Gwendolen, but
kept Astrild as his mistress, and had by her a daughter (Averne). When
Corineus died, he divorced Gwendolen, and declared Astrild queen, but
Gwendolen summoned her vassals, dethroned Locryn, and caused both
Astrild and Averne to be cast into the river, ever since called Se