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Epimenides: The Cretan Philosopher, Poet, and Prophet

 
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Epimenides

Epimenides a Cretan philosopher, poet, and prophet of the seventh century B.C. According to Pliny, he fell asleep in a cave when a youth. He awakened 57 years later to find he had acquired a large store of knowledge as he slept. Solon is said to have called Epimenides to Athens to combat a plague there.