Crates is a Greek given name (Κράτης), pronounced as two syllables. It may refer to: Crates (comic poet) (probably fl. late 450s or very early 440s BC), Old Comedy poet and actor from Athens Crates (engineer), 4th century BC engineer who accompanied Alexander the Great Crates of Thebes (c. 365 – c. 285 BC), Hellenistic Cynic philosopher Crates of Athens (died 268–264 BC), 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
See also Danny Crates (born 1973), British former Paralympic sprinter Crate (disambiguation) Crates Bay, Antarctic Peninsula Craits, a card game sometimes spelled Crates