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Crates

350 BC - Today

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Crates (Greek: Κράτης) was an Athenian Old Comic poet, who was victorious three times at the City Dionysia, first probably in 450 BC. His career had apparently ended by 424 BC, when Aristophanes portrays him in The Knights as a figure from the past. Before he began writing, he was an actor for Cratinus. Aristotle claims in the Poetics that Crates was the first comic poet to create complete plots, rather than personal abuse, and his surviving fragments support this. His style of comedy was apparently therefore rather different from that of Aristophanes' more political and topical works, and by the end of the fourth century BC this was the dominant style of comedy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Crates is the 2,985th most popular writer (up from 3,839th in 2019), the 545th most popular biography from Greece (up from 634th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Greek Writer.

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Among writers, Crates ranks 2,985 out of 7,302. Before him are Dracontius, Tom Sharpe, Willibald Pirckheimer, L. Sprague de Camp, Félix Fénéon, and Dominique Lapierre. After him are Stefanie Zweig, John Cleland, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, Bruce Sterling, Friedrich von Lütke, and Xanthus.

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Among people born in 350 BC, Crates ranks 21. Before him are Artakama, Cleomenes II, Areus I, Lastheneia of Mantinea, Lucius Papirius Cursor, and Publius Decius Mus. After him are Diphilus, Cersobleptes, Alcetas II of Epirus, Audata, Antigenes, and Arsinoe of Macedon.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Crates ranks 545 out of 1,024. Before him are John II Orsini (1300), Alexandros Nikolopoulos (1875), Anthimus VII of Constantinople (1827), Timotheus (-400), Peisander (-500), and Philitas of Cos (-400). After him are Gregory VII of Constantinople (1850), Agesipolis I (-410), Wehib Pasha (1877), Agapenor (null), Spyros Markezinis (1909), and Nikos Skalkottas (1904).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Crates ranks 60. Before him are Isaeus (-420), Antigonus of Carystus (-290), Praxilla (-500), Theodorus Gaza (1398), Acusilaus (-600), and Philitas of Cos (-400). After him are Kostis Palamas (1859), Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851), Theodor Kallifatides (1938), Phylarchus (-255), Philostratus of Lemnos (200), and Rhianus (-275).

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