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a 1.1 METROCLES was Disciple of Crates, Brother to Hipparchia. He first heard Theophrastus the Peripatetick, &c. afterwards apply'd himselfe to Crates, and became an eminent Philosopher.
He burnt, as Hecaton saith, his writings, saying,
These are the dreams of wilde phantastick youth.
He burnt likewise the dictates of his Master Theophrastus.
Vulcan come hither, Venus needs thy aid.
He said, Of things, some are purchased by mony, as Houses; some by time and diligence, as Learning: Riches is hurtfull, if not rightly apply'd.
He died old: he strangled himselfe.
Of his Disciples are remembered Theombrotus and Cloemenes. Demetrius of Alexandria was Auditor of Theombrotus: Timarchus of Alexandria, and Echicles of Ephesus were Disciples of Cleome∣nes. Echicles heard also Theombrotus, from whom came Menedemus; of whom hereafter. Amongst these was also Menippus, of Sinopis.
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