Cleantos
Cleantos was an ancient Greek Stoic philosopher who lived from approximately 330 to 230 BCE. He was born in Assos, a city in the Troad region of Asia Minor. He is known primarily as the successor to Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism, as the head of the Stoic school in Athens. Cleantos studied under Zeno and inherited leadership of the school upon Zeno's death around 262 BCE. He led the Stoic school for about 30 years, during which time he further developed and systematized Zeno's teachings.
His most famous work is the Hymn to Zeus, a poetic address that is the only surviving
Cleantos's philosophy stressed the interconnectedness of all things and the rational governance of the cosmos. He