Socratics, Cynics 450 BCE - 500 CE (list)

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Where possible, the name of each philosopher has been linked to their Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry, and their section in Gabriele Giannantoni's Socratis et Socraticorum Reliquiae has been given after their name (SSR N-X).

Socrates and his students | Cyrenaics | Elian-Eretrian school | Dialectic school
Early Cynics | Later Cynics | Pseudepigraphic letters | "Imperial" Cynics | Other Cynics

Socratic schools and philosophers other than the Platonic Academy and Aristotelian Peripatos (and, depending on whether one counts it as Socratic, the Stoa), are often called the "Minor Socratics". This is a misnomer. The Cyrenaics, Elians, Eretrians and Megarians were, at the time, no less prominent or important than other schools, but because their traditions were not carried on and they were not centered in Athens, they are seen as peripheral. Cynicism was vibrant and long-lasting, surpassed only by Platonism (and only if dogmatic Platonism and the Skeptic Academy are counted as a single tradition); indeed, Cynicism and Platonism continued to oppose Christianity when all other pagan philosophies had ceased to exist as schools. That I am replicating the grouping of "Minor Socratics" with this list should not be understood as an endorsement of the validity or usefulness of that term.

Socrates and his students (450-350 BCE)

Socrates (SSR I)
Plato
→ Academic Platonists
Xenophon
Aeschines of Sphettus (SSR VI-A)

Other Socratics (SSR VI-B)
Socratic dialogues of unclear origin

Dialectic school / Megarians (400-280 BCE)
Euclid of Megara (SSR II-A), student of Socrates, 1st scholarch (?)
Eubulides of Miletus (SSR II-B), student of Euclid
Clinomachus of Thurii (SSR II-I), student of Euclid
Ichthyas (SSR II-H), student of Euclid, 2nd scholarch (?)
Thrasymachus of Corinth (SSR II-M), contemporary of Ichthyas
Dioclides of Megara (SSR II-N)
Pasicles of Thebes (SSR II-L), student of Euclid or Dioclides
Bryson (SSR II-S), student of Clinomachus
Polyxenus, also reckoned as a follower of Plato
Alexinus of Elis (SSR II-C), student of Eubulides
Euphantus of Olynthus (SSR II-D), student of Eubulides
Apollonius Cronus (SSR II-E), student of Eubulides
Dionysius of Chalcedon (SSR II-P)

Diodorus Cronus (SSR II-F), student of Apollonius

Philo of Megara (SSR II-G), student of Diodorus
Panthoides (SSR II-Q), contemporary of Diodorus
Stilpo(n) of Megara (SSR II-O), student of Pasicles or Thrasymachus, 3rd scholarch (?)
Philip (SSR II-R), contemporary (student?) of Stilpo(n)
→ logic of the [under constr.] Stoics

Elian-Eretrian "school" (400-260 BCE)
Elian
Phaedon of Elis (SSR III-A), student of Socrates, 1st "scholarch"

Plistaenus of Elis (SSR III-B), 2nd "scholarch"
Anchipylus of Elis (SSR III-D)

Moschus of Elis (SSR III-E)
Eretrian
Menedemus of Eretria (SSR III-F), student of Anchipylus and Moschus, 3rd "scholarch"
Asclepiades of Phlius (SSR III-G), friend of Menedemus

Pasiphon of Eretria (SSR III-C)
Ctesibius Calcideus (SSR III-H), associate of Menedemus

Cyrenaics (400-250 BCE)

Aristippus the Elder (SSR IV-A), student of Socrates
Antipater of Cyrene (SSR IV-C), student of Aristippus the Elder
Arete (SSR IV-B), daughter of Aristippus the Elder
Aristippus the Younger (SSR IV-B), son of Arete
Paraebates (SSR IV-D)
(?) Aristotle of Cyrene (SSR IV-E), may or may not have been a Cyrenaic
Hegesias of Cyrene (SSR IV-F), pupil of Antipater and Paraebates
Anniceris of Cyrene (SSR IV-G), pupil of Antipater and Paraebates
Theodorus "the Atheist" of Cyrene (SSR IV-H), pupil of Aristippus the Younger

Early Cynics (400 - c. 200 BCE), whose 'lineage' from Socrates is known

Antisthenes of Athens (SSR V-A), follower of Socrates, perhaps already as an active teacher
Diogenes of Sinope (SSR V-B), student of Antisthenes, often considered the first Cynic
Onesicritus of Astypalaea (SSR V-C), student of Diogenes
Philiscus of Aegina (SSR V-D), son of Onesicritus and student of Diogenes
Menander "Drymus" (SSR V-E), student of Diogenes
Hegesias of Sinope (SSR V-F), student of Diogenes
Thrasyllus (SSR V-M)
Anaximenes of Lampsacus, student of Diogenes, orator
Crates of Thebes (SSR V-H), student of Diogenes
→ Zeno of Citium, founder of the [under constr.] Stoics
Hipparchia of Maroneia (SSR V-I), student and later wife of Crates
Metrocles of Maroneia (SSR V-L), student of Crates and brother of Hipparchia
Monimus of Syracuse (SSR V-G), student of Diogenes and Crates

Theombrotus and Cleomenes, students of Crates

Demetrius and Timarchus of Alexandria, Echecles of Ephesus, students of Theombrotus and Cleomenes

Menedemus (SSR V-N), student of Echecles

Later Cynics (c. 300 BCE - 0 CE) with unclear 'lineage'
3rd century BCE
Bion of Borysthenes
Sochares
Sotades of Maroneia
Menippus of Gadara
Cercidas of Megalopolis
Teles of Megara
1st century BCE
Meleagrus of Gadara

Cynic Pseudepigraphic letters (1st century BCE?)
Letters of Diogenes of Sinope
Letters of Crates of Thebes
Letters of Anacharsis
Letters of Heraclitus
Letters of Socrates and the Socratics

"Imperial" Cynics (0-500 CE)
1st century CE
Demetrius of Corinth
Dio(n) Chrysostom, eclectic orator-philosopher
2nd century CE
Agathobulos of Alexandria
Secundus the Silent Philosopher, perhaps a Cynic (if historical)
Demonax of Cyprus

Peregrinus "Proteus"

Theagenes of Patras

Oenomaus of Gadara
Pancrates of Athens
Crescens
Lucian of Samosata, eclectic orator-philosopher
3rd century CE
Antiochus of Cilicia
4th century CE
Heraclius
Asclepiades
Iphicles
Horus
Maximus Heron of Alexandria, later converted to Christianity
5th century CE
Sal(o)ustios of Emesa

Other Cynics and writers on Cynicism
Anonymous Cynic, The Bag (fragment)
Doxographies and anonymous extracts
Parmeniscus, The Cynics' Symposium (fragments)
Eubulus, The Sale of Diogenes (fragment)
Eubulides, a book on Diogenes (fragment)

Bibliography
Gabriele Giannantoni, "Socratis et Socraticorum Reliquiae", 1991