Crates

Crates may refer to:

In the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Crates (Gr. Κράτης):

• Crates (fl. c. 470 B.C.), Athenian actor credited with the invention of Greek comedy
• Crates of Athens, philosopher and leader of the Academy
• Crates of Mallus, Stoic philosopher and librarian at Pergamum
• Crates of Thebes (the “Door-Opener”) (4th century B.C.), Cynic philosopher, pupil of Diogenes and teacher of Zeno of Citium

See also

• Hippocrates
• Isocrates
• Socrates