[Footnote 140: Hipparchia was a native of Maroneia in Thrace; born in a considerable station, and belonging to an opulent family. She came to Athens with her brother Mêtroklês, and heard both Theophrastus and Kratês. Both she and her brother became impressed with the strongest admiration for Kratês: for his mode of life, as well as for his discourses and doctrine. Rejecting various wealthy suitors, she insisted upon becoming his wife, both against his will and against the will of her parents. Her resolute enthusiasm overcame the reluctance of both. She adopted fully his hard life, poor fare, and threadbare cloak. She passed her days in the same discourses and controversies, indifferent to the taunts which were addressed to her for having relinquished the feminine occupations of spinning and weaving. Diogenes Laertius found many striking dicta or replies ascribed to her ([Greek: a)/lla muri/a tê=s philoso/phou] vi. 96-98). He gives an allusion made to her by the contemporary comic poet Menander, who (as I before observed) handled the Cynics of his time as Aristophanes, Eupolis, &c., had handled Sokrates-- [Greek: Sumperipatê/seis ga\r tri/bôn' e)/chous e)moi\, ô(/sper Kra/têti tô=| Kunikô=| poth' ê( gunê\. Kai\ thugate/r' e)xe/dôk' e)kei=nos, ô(s e)/phê au)to\s, e)pi\ peira=| dou\s tria/konth' ê(me/ras]. (vi. 93.)] [Footnote 141: Diog, L. vi. 82-88. [Greek: Mo/nimos o( Ku/ôn], Sext. Emp. adv. Mathem. vii. 48-88. About Krates, Plutarch, De Vit. Aere Alieno, 7, p. 831 F.] [Footnote 142: Diog. L. vi. 93. [Greek: e)/chein de\ patri/da a)doxi/an te kai\ peni/an, a)na/lôta tê=| tu/chê|: kai\--Dioge/nous ei)=nai poli/tês a)nepibouleu/tou phtho/nô|]. The parody or verses of Krates, about his city of Pera (the Wallet), vi. 85, are very spirited-- [Greek: Pê/rê tis po/lis e)sti\ me/sô| e)ni\ oi)/nopi tu/phô|], &c. Krates composed a collection of philosophical Epistles, which Diogenes pronounces to be excellent, and even to resemble greatly the style of Plato (vi. 98).] [Footnote 143: Diog. L. vi. 86, [Greek: e)kalei=to de\ _thurepanoi/ktês_, dia\ to\ ei)s pa=san ei)sie/nai oi)ki/an kai\ nouthetei=n]. Compare Seneca, Epist. 29.] [Side-note: Zeno of Kitium in Cyprus.]