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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.
Crates was the son of Antigenes of the Thriasian deme, the pupil and eromenos [2] of Polemo, and his successor as scholarch of the Platonic Academy, [3] in 270–69 BC. The intimate friendship of Crates and Polemo was celebrated in antiquity, and Diogenes Laërtius has preserved an epigram of the poet Antagoras, according to which the two friends were united after death in one tomb. [3]
Crates (Greek: Κράτης) was an Athenian Old Comic poet, who was victorious three times at the City Dionysia, first probably in 450 BC. [1] His career had apparently ended by 424 BC, when Aristophanes portrays him in The Knights as a figure from the past. [2] Before he began writing, he was an actor for Cratinus. [3]
The Terrestrial Sphere of Crates of Mallus (c. 150 BCE), showing the region of the antipodes in the southern half of the western hemisphere and the torrid zone.Crates of Mallus (Ancient Greek: Κράτης ὁ Μαλλώτης, Krátēs ho Mallṓtēs; fl. 2nd century BC) was a Greek grammarian and Stoic philosopher, leader of the literary school and head of the library of Pergamum.
Many of the Greek deities are known from as early as Mycenaean (Late Bronze Age) civilization. This is an incomplete list of these deities [n 1] and of the way their names, epithets, or titles are spelled and attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B [n 2] syllabary, along with some reconstructions and equivalent forms in later Greek.
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
Thebes (/ ˈ θ iː b z /; Greek: Θήβα, Thíva; Ancient Greek: Θῆβαι, Thêbai [tʰɛ̂ːbai̯] [2]) is a city in Boeotia, Central Greece, and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is the largest city in Boeotia and a major center for the area along with Livadeia and Tanagra.
Pherecrates (Greek: Φερεκράτης) was a Greek poet of Athenian Old Comedy, and a rough contemporary of Cratinus, Crates and Aristophanes.