Crates of Athens

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Crates of Athens was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Platonic tradition who led the Academy in the 3rd century BCE.

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Label Occurrences
Crates of Athens canonical 4

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonist philosopher
ancient Greek philosopher
head of philosophical school
scholar
centuryOfActivity 3rd century BCE
countryOfCitizenship Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
educatedAt Academy of Athens
surface form: Platonic Academy
era Hellenistic philosophy
ethnicGroup Greek
fieldOfWork Platonist metaphysics
ethics
philosophy
gender male
influencedBy Plato
Polemon of Athens
knownFor being a disciple and successor of Polemon at the Academy
leadership of the Old Academy before the rise of Academic Skepticism
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek
movement Old Academy
Platonism
name Crates of Athens self-link
notableFor continuing the tradition of the Old Academy
leading the Platonic Academy in the 3rd century BCE
occupation philosopher
philosophicalSchool Old Academy
Platonism
placeOfActivity Athens
positionHeld head of the Academy in Athens
scholarch of the Platonic Academy
predecessor Polemon of Athens
religion ancient Greek religion
residence Athens
studentOf Polemon of Athens
successor Arcesilaus
surface form: Arcesilaus of Pitane
tradition Platonic tradition

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Academy of Athens headOfSchool Crates of Athens
subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)
Polemon of Athens successor Crates of Athens
Polemon of Athens influenced Crates of Athens
Crates of Athens name Crates of Athens self-link