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Description: Crates of Thebes (Crates the Cynic, Krates), fl. c. 300 BC. Cynic philosopher and husband of Hipparchia. He was a student of Diogenes of Sinope, and a teacher of the Stoic Zeno of Citium.

Crates the Cynic should not be confused with Crates the actor, who lived nearly 200 years earlier.

Crates of Thebes (Crates the Cynic, Krates), fl. c. 300 BC. Cynic philosopher and husband of Hipparchia. He was a student of Diogenes of Sinope, and a teacher of the Stoic Zeno of Citium.

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