Crates of Thebes

Crates of Thebes in Wikipedia

Crates (Greek: Κράτης; c. 365-c. 285 BC[1]) of Thebes, was a Cynic philosopher. Crates gave away his money to live a life of poverty on the streets of Athens. He married Hipparchia of Maroneia who lived in the same manner that he did. Respected by the people of Athens, he is remembered for being the teacher of Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicis...

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Crates in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

Of Thebes, a pupil of the Cynic Diogenes, and one of the most distinguished of the Cynic philosophers, flourished about B.C. 320. (See Cynici.)...

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