Κράτης
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
English (LSJ)
ὁ, Crates, mystical title, PMag.Leid.V.7.18.
Wikipedia EN
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
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Κράτης: ητος (ᾰ) ὁ Кратет
1 представитель староатт. комедии, серед. V в. до н. э. Arph., Arst., Diog. L.;
2 родом из Фив, ученик Диогена Синопского, философ кинической школы 2-ой половины IV в. до н. э. Luc., Diog. L.;
3 родом из Маллоса, в Киликии, основатель пергамской школы грамматиков; умер в середине II в. до н. э. Diog. L.;
4 родом из Афин, ученик Полемона, философ академической школы, 1-я пол. III в. до н. э. Plut.
