E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Cleom’brotos (4 syl.).
A philosopher who so admired Plato’s Phœdon that he jumped into the sea in order to exchange this life for a better. He was called Ambracio’ta (of Ambra’cia), from the place of his birth in Eprus.
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