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CLEANTHES (c. 301-232 or 252 B.C.) , Stoic philosopher, born at Assos in the Troad, was originally a boxer. With but four drachmae in his possession he came to Athens, where he listened first to the lectures of Crates the Cynic, and then to those of Zeno, the Stoic, supporting himself meanwhile by working all night as water- carrier to a gardener (hence his nickname d)peaveXns). His power of patient endurance, or perhaps his slowness, earned him the title of " the Ass "; but such was the esteem awakened by his high moral qualities that, on the death of Zeno in 263, he became the leader of the school. He continued, however, to support himself by the labour of his own hands. Among his pupils were his successor,' Chrysippus, and Antigonus, king of Macedon, from whom he accepted 2000 minae. The manner of his death was characteristic. A dangerous ulcer had compelled him to fast for a time. Subsequently he continued his abstinence , saying that, as he was already half-way on the road to death, he would not trouble to retrace his steps.Cleanthes produced very little that was original
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See G. C. Mohinke, Keeanthes der Stoiker (Greifswald, 1814) ; C. Wachsmuth
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