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Crates (Ancient Greek: Κράτης ὁ Θηβαῖος; c. 365 – c. 285 BC [1]) of Thebes was a Greek Cynic philosopher, [2] the principal pupil of Diogenes of Sinope [2] and the husband of Hipparchia of Maroneia who lived in the same manner as him. [3] Crates gave away his money to live a life of poverty on the streets of Athens.
Pasicles of Thebes (Greek: Πασικλῆς ὁ Θηβαῖος; 4th century BC) was a Greek philosopher and brother of the Cynic philosopher Crates of Thebes.He attended the lectures of his brother Crates, [1] but he is otherwise connected with the Megarian school of philosophy, because Diogenes Laërtius calls him a pupil of Euclid of Megara, [2] and the Suda calls him a pupil of an unknown ...
The story of Hipparchia's pursuit of Crates, despite the disapproval of her parents and the initial reluctance of Crates, was a popular tale from the 16th century onwards. It featured in Lodovico Guicciardini 's commonplace book Hore di ricreatione published in 1568, [ 23 ] and it was one of the stories told by the Dutch poet Jacob Cats in his ...
With Crates' help he was able to let go of his old ways and embrace a Cynic life free from convention, and find true happiness. Equally significant is a passage preserved in the writings of Teles, who tells how Metrocles as a young student of the Lyceum and the Academy could not keep up with the extravagant life-style requirements:
Archaeological excavations in and around Thebes have revealed cist graves dated to Mycenaean times containing weapons, ivory, and tablets written in Linear B.Its attested name forms and relevant terms on tablets found locally or elsewhere include 𐀳𐀣𐀂, te-qa-i, [n 1] understood to be read as *Tʰēgʷai̮s (Ancient Greek: Θήβαις, Thēbais, i.e. "at Thebes", Thebes in the dative ...
Just then, Crates of Thebes – the most famous Cynic living at that time in Greece – happened to be walking by, and the bookseller pointed to him. [17] Diogenes Laërtius describes Zeno as a haggard, dark-skinned person, [18] living a spare, ascetic life [19] despite his wealth. This coincides with the influences of Cynic teaching, and was ...
Crates is a Greek given name (Κράτης), pronounced as two syllables. It may refer to: Crates (comic poet) (probably fl. late 450s or very early 440s BC), Old Comedy poet and actor from Athens; Crates (engineer), 4th century BC engineer who accompanied Alexander the Great; Crates of Thebes (c. 365-c. 285 BC), Hellenistic Cynic philosopher
First he was an Academic studying under Xenocrates [3] and Crates of Athens, [4] then he became a Cynic, [4] (perhaps under Crates of Thebes), afterwards he attached to Theodorus, [5] the Cyrenaic philosopher whose alleged atheism is supposed to have influenced Bion, [6] and finally he became a pupil of Theophrastus the Peripatetic. [5]