Metrocles
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For the genus of butterfly, see Metrocles (skipper).
Metrocles (Greek: Μητροκλῆς; fl. c. 325 BC) was a Cynic philosopher from Maroneia. He studied in Aristotle’s Lyceum under Theophrastus, and eventually became a follower of Crates of Thebes, who married Metrocles’ sister Hipparchia. Very little survives of his writings, but he is important as one of the first Cynics to adopt the practice of writing moral anecdotes (chreiai) about Diogenes and other Cynics.
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Metrocles of Maroneia | |
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Μητροκλῆς | |
Born | c. 350 BC |
Died | c. 280 BC |
Era | Hellenistic philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Cynicism |
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