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2. Crates of Thebes - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Hipparchia of Maroneia - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. Pasicles of Thebes - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Crates of Athens - Wikipedia

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   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]

6. Metrocles - Wikipedia

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   Metrocles was a man of great ability, [1] and wrote several works, but little of his thought survives. He objected to wealth unless it was put to good use; and he divided things into those that can be bought with money (such as a house), and those that take time and care, like education. [4]

7. Crates (name) - Wikipedia

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   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

8. Mecisteus (son of Talaus) - Wikipedia

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   Mecisteus participated in the attack on the city of Thebes with the Seven against Thebes, along with his brother Adrastus.In Aeschylus' tragedy Seven Against Thebes, Mecisteus is not among the seven champions who attack the seven gates of Thebes.

9. Chloris (daughter of Amphion of Thebes) - Wikipedia

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   In Greek mythology, Chloris (/ ˈ k l ɔːr ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Χλῶρις, romanized: Khlôris, from Ancient Greek: χλωρός, romanized: khlōrós) also called Meliboea, was one of Niobe and Amphion's fourteen children, known as the Niobids.