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

See also

Danny Crates (born 1973), British former Paralympic sprinter
Crates Bay, Antarctic Peninsula
Craits, a card game sometimes spelled Crates

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