Crates

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Crates has 86 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 3 live disagreements.

86 facts·77 predicates·1 sources·3 in dispute

Mostly:was(5), quoted as saying(4), discarded(2)

Quoted As Sayingin dispute`quotedAsSaying`

Why, do they not belong to you as well as your knees?^[1]sourceall time · Diogenes Sinope Glean Scratch
I wish that the fountains bore loaves;^[1]sourceall time · Diogenes Sinope Glean Scratch
I will show you Theophrastus also clad in fine linen.^[1]sourceall time · Diogenes Sinope Glean Scratch
What would be the use of it? for perhaps some other Alexander would come at some future time and destroy it again.^[1]sourceall time · Diogenes Sinope Glean Scratch

Inbound mentions (9)

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`about`About(1)

Life of Cratesex:life-of-crates

`cameAfter`Came After(1)

Relations of Cratesex:relations-of-crates

`draggedOut`Dragged Out(1)

Menedemus of Eretriaex:menedemus-of-eretria

`hadChildWith`Had Child With(1)

Hipparchiaex:hipparchia

`includes`Includes(1)

Record Storage Containersex:record-storage-containers

`mentions`Mentions(1)

Philemonex:philemon

`nativeCityOf`Native City of(1)

Thebesex:thebes

`saysItWasDiogenesWhoPersuaded`Says It Was Diogenes Who Persuaded(1)

Dioclesex:diocles

`targetsModularity`Targets Modularity(1)

Project Planex:project-plan

Other facts (81)

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81 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Was	a Theban by birth	[1]
Was	a water drinker	[1]
Was	a handsome man	[1]
Was	a very ugly man	[1]
Was	humpbacked from age	[1]
Discarded	all his estate	[1]
Discarded	his flocks	[1]
Child of	Ascondus	[1]
Was One of	the eminent disciples of the Cynic	[1]
Was Not Pupil of	Diogenes of Sinope	[1]
Was Pupil of	Bryson the Achaean	[1]
Was Nicknamed	Door-opener	[1]
Used to Enter	every house	[1]
Gave Advice to	the inmates	[1]
Flourished About	the hundred and thirteenth olympiad	[1]
Betook Himself to	the Cynic philosophy	[1]
Turned Patrimony Into	money	[1]
Was of	illustrious extraction	[1]
Collected	300	[1]
Collected by That Means	three hundred talents	[1]
Divided Among	the citizens	[1]
Devoted Himself to	philosophy with eagerness	[1]
Threw Money Into	the sea	[1]
Drove Away With Staff	his relations	[1]
Remained	immoveable	[1]
Deposited Money With	a banker	[1]
Made Agreement With	the banker	[1]
Had by Hipparchia	Pasicles Son of Crates	[1]
Took	Pasicles Son of Crates to a Brothel Kept by a Female Slave	[1]
Told Pasicles	that was all the marriage that his father designed for him	[1]
Had Brother Named	Pasicles Brother of Crates	[1]
Touched	his thighs	[1]
Used to Say It Was Impossible to Find	a man who had never done wrong	[1]
Compared This to	some worthless seed in a pomegranate	[1]
Provoked	Nicodromus	[1]
Received	a black eye from Nicodromus	[1]
Put Plaster on	his forehead	[1]
Wrote Upon Plaster	Nicodromus did this.	[1]
Abused	prostitutes designedly	[1]
Did So for Purpose of	practising himself in enduring reproaches	[1]
Attacked Him for	his present	[1]
Took Them to	a barber’s shop	[1]
Showed Them	Theophrastus being shaved	[1]
Was Scourged by	master of the Gymnasium at Thebes	[1]
Was Dragged Out by	the feet	[1]
Did Not Care	lack of concern	[1]
Quoted Verse	I feel, O mighty chief, your matchless might, Dragged, foot first, downward from th’ ethereal height.	[1]
Was Supposed to Be	very obsequious to Asclepiades, the Phliasian	[1]
Touched Thighs and Said	Is Asclepiades within?	[1]
Once Sewed Up	a sheep’s fleece in his cloak	[1]
Did So Without Thinking of It	without thinking of it	[1]
Excited	laughter when taking exercise	[1]
Used to Say When Hands Raised	Courage, Crates, as far as your eyes and the rest of your body is concerned	[1]
One of His Sayings Was	a man ought to study philosophy up to the point of looking on generals and donkey-drivers in the same light	[1]
Another Saying Was	those who live with flatterers are as desolate as calves when in the company of wolves	[1]
Felt He Was Dying	dying awareness	[1]
Made Verses on	himself	[1]
Also Said He Was	a fellow countryman of wise Diogenes	[1]
Gave His Daughter to	his pupils	[1]
Used to Say About Daughter Giving	To have and keep on trial for a month.	[1]
Was Cynic	the Cynic	[1]
Relationship to Hipparchia	spouse or partner	[1]
Had House Destroyed by	Alexander	[1]
Flourished in Same Olympiad As	Diogenes already old by 113th olympiad	[1]
Gained From Philosophy	A peck of lupins, and to care for nobody.	[1]
Believed Hunger Checks	love	[1]
Could Be Called	Door-opener	[1]
Advised Households	household inmates	[1]
Wore in Summer	a shaggy gown	[1]
Wore in Winter	mere rags	[1]
Did Summer Dress to	inure himself to hardship	[1]
Distributed Wealth to	the citizens	[1]
Had Money Managed by	a banker	[1]
Was Handsome According to	Diocles account	[1]
Received Black Eye From	Nicodromus	[1]
Was Water Drinker	water drinker	[1]
Was Scourged at	Thebes	[1]
Was Dragged Out Foot First	foot first	[1]
Could Be Ridiculed for Appearance	excited laughter	[1]
Had Daughter	daughter	[1]
Liquidated Patrimony Despite Illustrious Extraction	turned patrimony into money	[1]

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86 undated

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labelphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

Crates

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wasphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

a Theban by birth

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childOfphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

ex:ascondus

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wasOneOfphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

the eminent disciples of the Cynic

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wasNotPupilOfphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

ex:diogenes-of-sinope

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wasPupilOfphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

ex:bryson-the-achaean

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wasNicknamedphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

Door-opener

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usedToEnterphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

every house

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gaveAdviceTophilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

the inmates

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flourishedAboutphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

the hundred and thirteenth olympiad

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betookHimselfTophilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

the Cynic philosophy

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turnedPatrimonyIntophilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

money

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wasOfphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

illustrious extraction

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collectedphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

300

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collectedByThatMeansphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

three hundred talents

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dividedAmongphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

the citizens

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devotedHimselfTophilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

philosophy with eagerness

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discardedphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

all his estate

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discardedphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

his flocks

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threwMoneyIntophilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

the sea

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droveAwayWithStaffphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

his relations

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remainedphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

immoveable

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depositedMoneyWithphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

a banker

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madeAgreementWithphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

the banker

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hadByHipparchiaphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

ex:pasicles-son-of-crates

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tookphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

ex:pasicles-son-of-crates to a brothel kept by a female slave

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toldPasiclesphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

that was all the marriage that his father designed for him

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hadBrotherNamedphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

ex:pasicles-brother-of-crates

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touchedphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

his thighs

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quotedAsSayingphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

Why, do they not belong to you as well as your knees?

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usedToSayItWasImpossibleToFindphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

a man who had never done wrong

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comparedThisTophilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

some worthless seed in a pomegranate

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provokedphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

ex:nicodromus

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receivedphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

a black eye from Nicodromus

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putPlasterOnphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

his forehead

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wroteUponPlasterphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

Nicodromus did this.

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abusedphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

prostitutes designedly

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didSoForPurposeOfphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

practising himself in enduring reproaches

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attackedHimForphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

his present

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quotedAsSayingphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

I wish that the fountains bore loaves;

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wasphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

a water drinker

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quotedAsSayingphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

I will show you Theophrastus also clad in fine linen.

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tookThemTophilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

a barber’s shop

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showedThemphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

Theophrastus being shaved

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wasScourgedByphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

master of the Gymnasium at Thebes

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wasDraggedOutByphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

the feet

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didNotCarephilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

lack of concern

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quotedVersephilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

I feel, O mighty chief, your matchless might, Dragged, foot first, downward from th’ ethereal height.

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wasphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

a handsome man

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wasSupposedToBephilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

very obsequious to Asclepiades, the Phliasian

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touchedThighsAndSaidphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

Is Asclepiades within?

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onceSewedUpphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

a sheep’s fleece in his cloak

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didSoWithoutThinkingOfItphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

without thinking of it

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wasphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

a very ugly man

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excitedphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

laughter when taking exercise

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usedToSayWhenHandsRaisedphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

Courage, Crates, as far as your eyes and the rest of your body is concerned

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oneOfHisSayingsWasphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

a man ought to study philosophy up to the point of looking on generals and donkey-drivers in the same light

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anotherSayingWasphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

those who live with flatterers are as desolate as calves when in the company of wolves

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feltHeWasDyingphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

dying awareness

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madeVersesOnphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

himself

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wasphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

humpbacked from age

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quotedAsSayingphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

What would be the use of it? for perhaps some other Alexander would come at some future time and destroy it again.

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alsoSaidHeWasphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

a fellow countryman of wise Diogenes

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gaveHisDaughterTophilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

his pupils

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usedToSayAboutDaughterGivingphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

To have and keep on trial for a month.

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wasCynicphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

the Cynic

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relationshipToHipparchiaphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

spouse or partner

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hadHouseDestroyedByphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

ex:alexander

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flourishedInSameOlympiadAsphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

Diogenes already old by 113th olympiad

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gainedFromPhilosophyphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

A peck of lupins, and to care for nobody.

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believedHungerChecksphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

love

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couldBeCalledphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

Door-opener

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advisedHouseholdsphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

household inmates

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woreInSummerphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

a shaggy gown

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woreInWinterphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

mere rags

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didSummerDressTophilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

inure himself to hardship

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distributedWealthTophilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

the citizens

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hadMoneyManagedByphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

a banker

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wasHandsomeAccordingTophilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

Diocles account

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receivedBlackEyeFromphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

ex:nicodromus

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wasWaterDrinkerphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

water drinker

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wasScourgedAtphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

Thebes

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wasDraggedOutFootFirstphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

foot first

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couldBeRidiculedForAppearancephilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

excited laughter

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hadDaughterphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

daughter

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liquidatedPatrimonyDespiteIllustriousExtractionphilosophy/diogenes-sinope-glean-scratch

turned patrimony into money

References (1)

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  DIOGENES OF SINOPE (the Cynic, c. 412-323 BCE) Primary source: Diogenes Laertius, 'Lives of Eminent Philosophers', Book VI. Translation: C. D. Yonge (1853), public domain (Project Gutenberg eBook #57342). Sections included verbatim: Life of…

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