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Crantor

Crantor

340 BCE275 BCE

Crantor of Soli was a Greek philosopher of the late 4th and early 3rd century BCE, a member of the Academy founded by Plato. He is noted as the first to write a commentary on a Platonic dialogue, the 'Timaeus,' and for an influential work 'On Grief' that shaped the later tradition of consolation writing. His works survive only in fragments and later citation.

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