Pasicles of Thebes

Pasicles of Thebes (Greek: Πασικλῆς ὁ Θηβαῖος; 4th century BC) was a Greek philosopher and brother of the Cynic philosopher Crates of Thebes. He attended the lectures of his brother Crates,^[1] but he is otherwise connected with the Megarian school of philosophy, because Diogenes Laërtius calls him a pupil of Euclid of Megara,^[2] and the Suda calls him a pupil of an unknown "Dioclides the Megarian."^[3] Pasicles is said to have been the teacher of Stilpo, who became leader of the Megarian school.^[1] Thus we have the implausible (although not impossible) situation of Pasicles teaching Stilpo, Stilpo teaching Crates,^[4] and Crates teaching Pasicles. Crates named his son Pasicles.^[5]