Re: [HM] Thales of Miletus

Alfred Ross (Alfred.Ross@eudoramail.com)
Sat, 28 Aug 1999 10:39:50 -0700

On 27 Aug 1999, Lisa Gardner <JudyGardnr@aol.com> asked for
a source about the names of Thales' parents.

These names were referred to by Diogenes Laertius:

Thales, as Herodotus and Douris and Democritus say, was the
son of Examyes as father and Cleobuline as mother, from the
descendants of Theleus, who are Phoenician nobles from the
line of Cadmus and Agenor ...

Alfred Ross