Crates

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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

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

Crates of Mallus, 2nd century BC Greek grammarian and Stoic philosopher

Crates of Tralles, a rhetorician

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