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What does Xenocrates mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (c. 396–314 BCE) An Ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, and the second leader (scholarch) of the Platonic Academy from 339 to 314 BCE.
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Aristotle was opposed to Speusippus, and nearly agreed with Xenocrates.
Christine then, lovely and charming enough to wreck the chastity of a Xenocrates, would sleep naked with her uncle!
Xenocrates cured maniacs by melodious sounds, and Asclepiades conquered deafness with a trumpet.
Plato advised Xenocrates, a man rather austere but in all other respects a fine fellow, to sacrifice to the Graces.
In the history of art, the original Greek authorities are Duris of Samos, Xenocrates of Sicyon, and Antigonus of Carystus.
Plutarch writes about an attempt by Xenocrates to calculate the total number of syllables which could be made from the letters of the alphabet.

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