![]() ![]() Stahr, in Smith’s Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, suggested that Diogenes’ ancestors included one who had for a patron a member of the Roman family of the Laertii. Χολλεῖδαι, refers to him as Διογένης ὁ Λαερτιεύς, implying that he was a native of some town, perhaps Laerte in Caria or Laerte(s) in Cilicia, two of the ancient world’s most unknown places: this explanation of his name and origin was generally accepted from the Renaissance until the 18th century. ’Ενετοί calls him plain Diogenes in a passage that has been taken to refer to our Diogenes and used to emend ii. ![]() 153 refers to him as Laertes Stephanus Byz. This rich compendium on the lives and doctrines of philosophers ranges over three centuries, from Thales to Epicurus (to whom the whole tenth book is devoted) 45 important figures are portrayed. Δρυΐδαι (in only part of the mss.), and in a lemma to Anthologia Palatina, vii. , Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume I. The order Diogenes Laertius occurs, so it appears, only in Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. τετραλογία: in earlier modern scholarly works this was the customary form of his name. of his book, by Sopater in Photius, Biblioth. He is called Laertius Diogenes regularly in the mss. Longĭiogenes Laertius, as he is now generally called, is rarely named in ancient works, and even so his name appears in several forms. also means “cynic” in fact the very name of that sect proclaims that they gloried in their dog-like attributes, especially in snarling and biting.Introduction Introduction By Herbert S. cOr “royal cynic.” It is impossible to preserve the double entendre here, for κύων, dog.Notice that Diogenes Laertius refers to the Life of Plato as already written see iii. Have been absent through illness on that occasion. ![]() Statement in the Phaedo that Plato himself is said to Terms ἐκάκισεν and διαβάλλων may be seen from the previous Said to have been in Aegina on the day when Socratesĭrank the hemlock.
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