Crates is a Greek given name (Κράτης), pronounced as two syllables. It may refer to:Crates, Old Comedy poet and actor from Athens Crates (engineer), 4th century BC engineer who accompanied Alexander the Great Crates of Thebes, Hellenistic Cynic philosopher Crates of Athens, Polemon's successor as head of the Platonic Academy Crates of Mallus, 2nd century BC Greek grammarian and Stoic philosopher Crates of Tralles, a rhetorician
