Editing Periander (section)

==Writing and philosophy==
Periander was said to be a patron of literature, who both wrote and appreciated early philosophy. He is said to have written a didactic poem 2,000 lines long.<ref name=classicpersuasion>{{cite web|last=Laertius|first=Diogenes|title=Life of Periander|url=http://classicpersuasion.org/pw/diogenes/dlperiander.htm|access-date=2014-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722110449/http://classicpersuasion.org/pw/diogenes/dlperiander.htm|archive-date=2011-07-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the ''Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers'', [[Diogenes Laërtius]] points out that writers disagree on who the Seven Sages are. It is posited that Periander tried to improve order in Corinth; although he appears on Diogenes Laërtius's list, his extreme measures and despotic gestures make him more suited to a list of famous tyrants than of wise men.<ref name=":0" />

Diogenes Laertius recounts some adages by him: Tyrants who intend to be safe should make loyalty their bodyguard, not arms. Pleasures are transient, honours are immortal. Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity. Be the same to your friends whether they are in prosperity or in adversity. Whatever agreement you make, stick to it. Correct not only the offenders but also those who are on the point of offending.<ref name=":1" />