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Pancrates of Athens was a Greek philosopher.
Pancrates (; fl. c. 140 AD) of Athens, was a Cynic philosopher. Philostratus relates, that when the celebrated sophist Lollianus 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" but a "word-dealer" . Alciphron also mentions a Cynic philosopher of this name in his fictitious letters.
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2nd century Greek philosopher
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