====== Crates of Thebes | Philostratus, Life of Apollonius 7.2  ======


<blockquote>Then there were Diogenes of Sinope and **Crates of Thebes**, of whom the former went direct to Chaeronea, and rebuked Philip for his treatment of the Athenians, on the ground that, though asserting himself to be a descendant of Heracles he yet was destroying by force of arms those who had taken up arms in defense of the descendants of Heracles.

The other **Crates**, when Alexander declared that he would rebuild Thebes for his sake, replied that he would never stand in need of a country or of a city, which anyone could raze to the ground by mere force of arms. 
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Flavius Philostratus: The Life of Apollonius Translated by F.C. Conybeare\\