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Thebes is a town in central Greece which has been continuously inhabited for five millennia. https://www.worldhistory.org/Thebes_(Greece)/ #History #AgesilausII #CratesofThebes #Epaminondas
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Hipparchia of Maroneia (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/Hipparchia_of_Maroneia/ #History #CratesofThebes #Cynicism #DiogenesofSinope
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Crates of Thebes (l. c. 360-280 BCE) was one of the most important Cynic philosophers of ancient Greece. He was born to a wealthy family in Thebes but gave away his inheritance after realizing the futility of material possessions and the shallow values espoused by society.
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