Diogenes

Diogenes (Greek: Διογένης ) was the name of several personalities of ancient Greece, especially of philosophers:

• Diogenes of Apollonia is ( around 500 BC ), philosopher in Athens, representatives of the monistic doctrine, according to which the air ( the ) primary matter ( arché ) of the World
• Diogenes of Athens, ancient sculptor ( Pliny NH 36, 38)
• Diogenes of Sinope (c. 405 to 320 BC), Cynic philosopher, known as " Diogenes in a barrel "
• Diogenes of Seleucia, " The Babylonians " (around 240-150 BC ), an important Stoic
• Diogenes Euergetes, Macedonian commandant of the city of Athens, the BC Piraeus handed over to the Athenians 229
• Antonios Diogenes ( 2nd century AD), author of the novel "Description of the wonder of Thule addition "
• Diogenes ( Byzantium ) ( † 129 ), Bishop of Byzantium
• Diogenes of Oinoanda (about 1 - 6th century), Epicurean, let the teachings of Epicurus chiseled into the rear wall of a portico in Asia Minor Oinoanda so she could read every free
• Diogenes Laertius (3rd century), wrote a history of Greek philosophy
• Diogenes of Smyrna, teacher of Anaxarchos from Abdera
• Diogenes of Tarsus (probably 2nd half of the 2nd century BC ), Greek philosopher Epicurean
• Diogenes ( martyr ), Christian martyr
• Constantine Diogenes ( Konstantinos Diogenes; † 1028/34 ), the Byzantine army commander

Diogenes designated

• Diogenes Verlag, a Swiss book publisher
• Diogenes study, one published in 2010, major European diet study

See also:

• Diogenes ( family), Byzantine noble family
• Diogene (disambiguation)

• Disambiguation