Pancrates ( el, Παγκράτης;
fl. c. 140 AD) of
Athens
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, was a
Cynic philosopher.
Philostratus
Philostratus or Lucius Flavius Philostratus (; grc-gre, Φιλόστρατος ; c. 170 – 247/250 AD), called "the Athenian", was a Greek sophist of the Roman imperial period. His father was a minor sophist of the same name. He was born probab ...
relates, that when the celebrated
sophist
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Lollianus Lollianus (sometimes rendered in English as ''Lollian'') is a Roman personal name which may refer to many figures of classical antiquity, including:
*Lollianus ( Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus, sometimes called Lollianus Spurius), a general proclaimed ...
was in danger of being
stoned by the Athenians in a tumult about
bread, Pancrates quieted the mob by exclaiming that Lollianus was not a "bread-dealer" ( el, ἀρτοπώλης) but a "word-dealer" ( el, λογοπώλης).
Alciphron
Alciphron ( grc-gre, Ἀλκίφρων) was an ancient Greek sophist, and the most eminent among the Greek epistolographers. Regarding his life or the age in which he lived we possess no direct information whatsoever.
Works
We possess under the ...
also mentions a Cynic philosopher of this name in his fictitious letters.
[Alciphron, ''Epistles'', iii. 55.]
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