admirer of Homer ; Hegesias of Sinope, nieknamed Dog-collar " ; and Philiscus of Aegina mentioned above. Chapter 5. CRATES (of Thebes, for. 326 B.C.) Crates, son of Ascondas, was a Theban. He too was amongst the Cynic's famous pupils. Hippobotus, however, alleges that he was a pupil not of Diogenes, but of Bryson a the Achaean. The following playful lines are attributed to him b : There is a city Pera in the midst of wine-dark vapour, Fair, fruitful, passing squalid, owning nought, Into which sails nor fool nor parasite Nor glutton, slave of sensual appetite, But thyme it bears, garlic, and tigs and loaves, For which things' sake men tight not each with other, Nor stand to arms for money or for fame. There is also his widely circulated day-book, which runs as follows : Set down for the chef ten minas, for the doctor One drachma, for a flatterer talents five, For counsel smoke, for mercenary beauty A talent, for a philosopher three obols. He was known as the " Door-opener " — the caller to whom all doors fly open — from his habit of entering every house and admonishing those within. Here is another specimen of his composition c : That much I have which I have learnt and thought, The noble lessons taught me by the Muses But wealth amassed is prey to vanity. disciple of Pvthagoras mentioned bv Iamblichus ( Vita Pyth. c. 23). 1 Anth. Plan. v. IS. c Anth. Pal. vii. 326.