Chilon of Sparta

[2] Diogenes Laërtius even goes so far as to claim that Chilon was also the first person who introduced the custom of joining the ephors to the kings as their counselors.

He is also credited with the change in Spartan policy leading to the development of the Peloponnesian League in the sixth century BC.

[4] Another legend claims that he died of joy when his son gained the prize for boxing at the Olympic games,[5] and that his funeral was attended by all the Greeks assembled at the festival.

[3] One of his descendants married king Anaxandridas II of Sparta and had a son with him, king Cleomenes I. Chilon of Sparta also said the famous Ancient Greek proverb: "Το λακωνίζειν εστί φιλοσοφείν", in English "less is more", or "brevity is the soul of wit", or "brevity is a way of philosophy", which means that the best way of being a philosopher is through brevity and describes the Spartans' way of thinking and attitude.

[citation needed] Diogenes Laërtius describes him as a writer of elegiac poems, and attributes many sayings to him:[3] According to an inscription at the Bath of the Seven Sages in Ostia "cunning Chilon taught to fart silently.