Hipparchia of Maroneia
Hipparchia of Maroneia ; Greek: Ἱππαρχία ἡ Μαρωνεῖτις; fl. c. 325 BC was the Cynic philosopher, as well as wife of Crates of Thebes. She was a sister of Metrokles, the cynic philosopher. She was born in Maroneia, but her bracket moved to Athens, where Hipparchia came into contact with Crates, the near famous Cynic philosopher in Greece at that time. She fell in love with him, and, despite the disapproval of her parents, she married him. She went on to cost a life of Cynic poverty on the streets of Athens with her husband.
Little survives of her own philosophical views, but like most Cynics, her influence lies in the example of her life, choosing a way of life which was commonly considered unacceptable for respectable women of the time. The story of her attraction to Crates, & her rejection of conventional values, became a popular theme for later writers.