====== Diogenes of Sinope | Greek Anthology 333-334 ======


<blockquote>333.— ANTIPHILUS OF BYZANTIUM \\
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On **Diogenes** \\
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The wallet and cloak and the barley-dough thickened with water, the staff planted before his feet, 
and the earthenware cup, are estimated by the wise 
Dog as sufficient for the needs of life, and even in 
these there was something superfluous; for, seeing 
the countryman drinking from the hollow of his 
hand, he said, "Why, thou earthen cup, did I burden 
myself with thee to no purpose". \\

334. By The Same 

On the Stone 

Even brass is aged by time, but not all the ages, 
**Diogenes**, shall destroy thy fame, since thou alone 
didst show to mortals the rule of self-sufficiency and 
the easiest path of life. \\
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Source: The Greek Anthology with an English Translation by W. R. Paton. MCMXVIII.</blockquote>