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CRATES , of Mallus in See also:

CILICIA

Cilicia, a See also:

Greek grammarian and Stoic philosopher of the 2nd See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C., See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the See also:

LITERARY

literary school and See also:

head of the library of See also:

PERGAMUM, or PERGAMTS (mod. Bergama)

Pergamum. His principles were opposed to those of See also:

ARISTARCHUS

Aristarchus, the leader of the Alexandrian school. He was the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief representative of the allegorical theory of exegesis, and maintained that See also:

HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer intended to See also:

EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express scientific or philosophical truths in the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

POETRY

poetry. About 170 B.C. he visited See also:

Rome as See also:

AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador of Attalus II., See also:

king of Pergamum; and having broken his See also:

leg and been compelled to stay there for some See also:

time, he delivered lectures which gave the first impulse to the study of See also:

GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar and See also:

criticism among the See also:

Romans (Suetonius, De grammaticis, 2). His chief See also:

WORK

work was a See also:

CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical and exegetical commentary on Homer. See C. See also:

WACHSMUTH, CHARLES (1829-1896)

Wachsmuth, De Cratete Mallota (186o), containing an See also:

account of the See also:

LIFE

life, pupils and writings of Crates; J. E. See also:

Sandys, Hist. of Class. Schol. i. 156 (ed. 2, 1906).

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