invariably refer to a "Laertius Diogenes", and this form of the name is repeated by Sopater and the Suda. The modern form "Diogenes Laertius" is much rarer,...

Diogenes (/daɪˈɒdʒɪniːz/ dy-OJ-in-eez; Ancient Greek: Διογένης, romanized: Diogénēs [di.oɡénɛːs]), also known as Diogenes the Cynic (Διογένης ὁ Κυνικός...

(Penguin, 2012) Diogenes the Cynic: Sayings and Anecdotes: With Other Popular Moralists, ed. R. Hard (Oxford, 2012) Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions...

as evidence of Diogenes' disregard for authority, wealth, and decorum. Plutarch and Diogenes Laërtius report that Alexander and Diogenes died on the same...

pages 2-4 Navia, Diogenes the Cynic, page 100 Navia, Diogenes the Cynic, pages 34, 112-3 Xenophon, Symposium, iv. 34–44. Laërtius 1925, § 15. Brancacci...

Diogenes Laërtius, vii. 181. cf. Green 1993, p. 639 Diogenes Laërtius, vii. 179. cf. Dorandi 1999, p. 40 Diogenes Laërtius, vii. 184 Diogenes Laërtius, vii...

Retrieved 28 January 2023. Diogenes Laërtius, iii. 1 U. von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Plato, 46 Diogenes Laërtius, iii.1 Diogenes Laërtius, iii. 4 Stanton, G....

embraced a wide range of subjects, and the list of them given by Diogenes Laërtius shows that he was a man of the most extensive acquirements. These...

multitude." Diogenes Laërtius relates several stories of an expensive, gold tripod or bowl that is to go to the most wise. In one version (that Laërtius credits...

the whole poem. Diogenes Laërtius, viii. 51 Aristotle, Poetics, 1, ap. Diogenes Laërtius, viii. 57. Apollonius, ap. Diogenes Laërtius, viii. 52, comp...

He was said to be of Phoenician descent. The ancient biographer Diogenes Laertius attributes the aphorism, "Know thyself", engraved on the front facade...

"Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book VII, Chapter 1. Zeno (333–261 B.C.)". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 19 March 2018. Laërtius...

located in Magna Graecia. Diogenes Laertius says that his father was Pires, and that he belonged to a rich and noble family. Laertius transmits two divergent...

his philosophy is due to later authors, particularly the biographer Diogenes Laërtius, the Epicurean Roman poet Lucretius and the Epicurean philosopher...

virtue and peace of mind. Few writings by Epicurus have survived. Diogenes Laërtius preserves three letters written by Epicurus, as well as a list of...

life of Heraclitus is the doxographer Diogenes Laërtius. Although most of the information provided by Laertius is unreliable, and the ancient stories...

ὅλων ἀτόμους καὶ κενόν, τὰ δ'ἀλλα πάντα νενομίσθαι [δοξάζεσθαι]. (Diogenes Laërtius, Democritus, Vol. IX, 44) Now his principal doctrines were these....

according to Diogenes Laërtius 1925c, § 87, 365 BC is a reasonable guess for his year of birth. Laërtius 1925c, § 87–88. Laërtius 1925c, § 93. Laërtius 1925c...

from Diogenes Laertius; his work on Pyrrho's life drew primarily from the works of mid-third century BC biographer Antigonus of Carystus. Diogenes Laërtius...

and Roman Biography and Mythology. Diogenes Laërtius, viii. 85 Diogenes Laërtius, iii. 9, viii. 15 Diogenes Laërtius, viii. 15, 55, 84, 85, iii. 9; Aulus...

that have been traditionally identified as authentic, as given in Diogenes Laërtius, is included below in alphabetical order. The authenticity of some...

trainer. Diogenes Laërtius records Milo's wife's name as Myia. Iamblichus mentions Theano as the wife of Brontinus of Croton. Diogenes Laërtius states that...

disputed. Diogenes Laërtius states that Plato "was born, according to some writers, in Aegina in the house of Phidiades the son of Thales". Diogenes mentions...

biographer Diogenes Laertius reports that Xenophanes was born in Colophon, a city that once existed in Ionia, in present-day Turkey. Laertius stated that...

'working-philosopher'. He is known mostly from the account given in Diogenes Laërtius' Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers. He is also mentioned...

Greek language. In the Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laërtius observed that Xenophon was known as the "Attic Muse" because of the...

Dionysius of Chalcedon, (Diogenes Laërtius, ii. 106) Diogenes Laërtius, ii. 107 Diogenes Laërtius, vii. 16 Diogenes Laërtius, ii. 106; Cicero, Academica...

Book III, chapter 6 Aristotle, Poetics, 11.2 Laërtius 1925, §124. Diogenes Laërtius, iii. 3 Diogenes Laërtius, iii. 4 Nails 2002, p. 39. Kent Moors (1979)...

the accounts of later writers such as Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, Diogenes Laërtius, Stobaeus, and Simplicius, and some early Christian theologians, especially...

Lindians, and Plutarch spoke of him as the tyrant. The letter quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, in which Cleobulus invites Solon to Lindus as a democratic place...