Crates is a

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

given name (Κράτης), pronounced as two syllables. It may refer to: *

Crates (comic poet) Crates () was an Athenian Old Comic poet, who was victorious three times at the City Dionysia, first probably in 450 BC. His career had apparently ended by 424 BC, when Aristophanes portrays him in ''The Knights'' as a figure from the past. Before ...

(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 Crates (; c. 365 – c. 285 BC) of Thebes, Greece, Thebes was a Ancient Greece, Greek Cynicism (philosophy), Cynic philosopher, the principal pupil of Diogenes, Diogenes of Sinope and the husband of Hipparchia of Maroneia who lived in t ...

(c. 365-c. 285 BC), Hellenistic Cynic philosopher *

Crates of Athens Crates of Athens (Greek: Κράτης ὁ Ἀθηναῖος; died 268–264 BC) was a Platonist philosopher and the last scholarch of the Old Academy. Biography Crates was the son of Antigenes of the Thriasian deme, the pupil and eromenos of P ...

(died 268-264 BC), Polemon's successor as head of the Platonic Academy *

Crates of Mallus Crates of Mallus (, ''Krátēs ho Mallṓtēs''; century BC) was a Greek grammarian and Stoic philosopher, leader of the literary school and head of the library of Pergamum. He was described as the Crates from Mallus to distinguish him fr ...

, 2nd century BC Greek grammarian and Stoic philosopher * Crates of Tralles, a rhetorician

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