Cleanthes
(c.331-232)
Born in Asia
Minor, Cleanthes was to be one of the stoic philosopher Zenos' pupils and
later successor. He was so poor, that he had to work as a watercarrier to
be able to study and teach.
When he reached the age of 90 he starved himself to death. Not much survives
of him, but his best known work is the "Hymn to Zeus".
