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Crantor of Soli

Crantor

also: Crantor, Crantore

Academic philosopher (c. 335-275 BC), pupil of Xenocrates and Polemo and the first commentator on Plato's Timaeus. Cicero names him among the guardians of the Old Academic tradition; his On Grief was a model for the Consolatio.

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Mentioned in 4 works (4 total)

On the Orator rhetoric · 1 mention
Academica philosophy · 1 mention
On the Ends of Good and Evil philosophy · 1 mention
Tusculan Disputations philosophy · 1 mention

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