Crantor

Crantor in Wikipedia

Crantor (Greek: Κράντωρ, gen.: Κράντορος; died 276/5 BC[1]) was a Greek philosopher of the Old Academy, probably born around the middle of the 4th century BC, at Soli in Cilicia. Life Crantor moved to Athens in order to study philosophy,[2] where he became a pupil of Xenocrates and a friend of Polemo, and one of the most distinguished supporters o...

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Crantor in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Κράντωρ). A philosopher of Soli, among the pupils of Xenocrates, B.C. 300. He was the first who wrote commentaries on the works of Plato. Crantor was highly celebrated for the purity of his moral doctrine, as may be inferred from the praises bestowed by the ancients upon him. From one of his works, Περὶ Πένθους, Cicero drew largely in writing the ...

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