Answer: ancients

AnswerCrossword Clue
ANCIENTSPlutarch, Plato, Pliny et al.
ancientsANCIENT, an aged man
ancientsAn old person
ANCIENTSPeoples of antiquity
ANCIENTSGraybeards
ANCIENTSPatriarchs and matriarchs
ANCIENTSPlato and Aristotle, e.g.
ANCIENTSMedes and Minoans
ANCIENTSPeople of classical times
ANCIENTSPeople of classical antiquity
ANCIENTSBabylonians, for example.
ANCIENTSEarly Greeks and Romans.
ANCIENTSPeople of Graeco-Roman times (with "the").
ANCIENTSGaffers.
ANCIENTSClassics.
ANCIENTSMinoans or Medes
ANCIENTSPeople who lived in times long past
ANCIENTSSocrates and Plato, e.g.