# Cebes explained — The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

> Chapter companion for The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius.

## What happens

A brief entry on Cebes of Thebes, noting that three dialogues are attributed to him: The Tablet, the Seventh, and the Phrynichus.

## Character check-ins

### Cebes of Thebes

Theban philosopher, author of three dialogues.

## Key lines

> Cebes was a Theban, and there are three dialogues of his extant: The Tablet ; the Seventh ; and the Phrynichus .

Cebes, a native of Thebes, is known for three surviving dialogues: The Tablet, the Seventh, and the Phrynichus.

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