of Thebes, a Socratic philosopher, author of the admired Table of Cebes; or "Dialogues on the birth, life, and death of Mankind." He flourished about 495 years before Christ.—The above piece is mentioned by some of the ancient writers, by Lucian, D. Laertius, Tertullian, and Suidas: but of Cebes himself we have no account, save that he is once mentioned by Plato, and once by Xenophon. The former says of him, in his "Phaedo," that he was a factious investigator of truth, and never assented without the most convincing reasons: the latter, in his "Memorabilia," ranks him among the few intimates of Socrates, who excelled the rest in the innocency of their lives. Cebes's Tabula is usually printed with Epictetus's Manual.