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====== Lives & Writings on the Cynics ====== | ====== Lives & Writings on the Cynics ====== | ||
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+ | Juvenal, Satires (XIV.308ff)'' | ||
===== Mythical Figures ===== | ===== Mythical Figures ===== | ||
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===== Cynic Precursors ===== | ===== Cynic Precursors ===== | ||
- | * [[Anacharsis]] | + | * [[Anacharsis]] |
- | * [[Heraclitus]] | + | * [[Heraclitus]] |
- | * [[Hesiod]] | + | * [[Hesiod]] |
- | * [[Homer]] | + | * [[Homer]] |
* [[Socrates]] | * [[Socrates]] | ||
- | * [[Xenophanes]] | + | * [[Xenophanes]] |
===== Historically Authenticated Cynics ===== | ===== Historically Authenticated Cynics ===== | ||
+ | ==== Agathobulus of Alexandria - Antiochus of Cilicia ==== | ||
* [[Agathobulus of Alexandria]] 2nd Century AD : There is evidence that Agathobulus was an important person in his own time (see evidence of Plutarch); Agathobulus placed particular emphasis on some of the ascetic aspects of Cynicism: shamelessness and endurance of pain. | * [[Agathobulus of Alexandria]] 2nd Century AD : There is evidence that Agathobulus was an important person in his own time (see evidence of Plutarch); Agathobulus placed particular emphasis on some of the ascetic aspects of Cynicism: shamelessness and endurance of pain. | ||
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* [[Androsthenes of Aegina]] 4th Century BC | * [[Androsthenes of Aegina]] 4th Century BC | ||
* [[Antiochus of Cilicia]] 2nd and 3rd Century AD | * [[Antiochus of Cilicia]] 2nd and 3rd Century AD | ||
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+ | ==== Asclepiades - Cleomenes of Constantinople ==== | ||
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* [[Asclepiades]] 2nd half of 4th Century AD : Cynic philosopher. He is mentioned by the emperor Julian whom Asclepiades visited at Antioch in 362. Ammianus Marcellinus describes how Asclepiades accidentally destroyed the temple of Apollo at Daphne in Antioch, when some candles he lit set light to the woodwork, burning down the temple.((http:// | * [[Asclepiades]] 2nd half of 4th Century AD : Cynic philosopher. He is mentioned by the emperor Julian whom Asclepiades visited at Antioch in 362. Ammianus Marcellinus describes how Asclepiades accidentally destroyed the temple of Apollo at Daphne in Antioch, when some candles he lit set light to the woodwork, burning down the temple.((http:// | ||
* [[Avidienus]] 1st Century BC | * [[Avidienus]] 1st Century BC | ||
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* [[Cleomenes]] 4th and 3rd Centuries BC : Pupil of Crates of Thebes, and is said to have taught Timarchus of Alexandria and Echecles of Ephesus, the latter of whom would go on to teach Menedemus.((http:// | * [[Cleomenes]] 4th and 3rd Centuries BC : Pupil of Crates of Thebes, and is said to have taught Timarchus of Alexandria and Echecles of Ephesus, the latter of whom would go on to teach Menedemus.((http:// | ||
* __Cleomenes of Constantinople__ 4th Century AD † | * __Cleomenes of Constantinople__ 4th Century AD † | ||
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+ | ==== Crates of Thebes ==== | ||
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* **Crates of Thebes** Ca. 360 - 280 BC : Crates gave away his money to live a life of poverty on the streets of Athens. He married Hipparchia of Maroneia who lived in the same manner that he did. Respected by the people of Athens, he is remembered for being the teacher of Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism. Various fragments of Crates' | * **Crates of Thebes** Ca. 360 - 280 BC : Crates gave away his money to live a life of poverty on the streets of Athens. He married Hipparchia of Maroneia who lived in the same manner that he did. Respected by the people of Athens, he is remembered for being the teacher of Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism. Various fragments of Crates' | ||
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+ | ==== Crescens - Diocles ==== | ||
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* [[Crescens]] Attested in 154 AD : Cynic philosopher who attacked the Christians, and was in turn, attacked by Justin Martyr. Eusebius, writing 150 years later, accused him of causing Justin' | * [[Crescens]] Attested in 154 AD : Cynic philosopher who attacked the Christians, and was in turn, attacked by Justin Martyr. Eusebius, writing 150 years later, accused him of causing Justin' | ||
* __Demetrius__ ? † | * __Demetrius__ ? † | ||
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* [[Dio Chrysostom]] Ca. 40 - after 112 AD | * [[Dio Chrysostom]] Ca. 40 - after 112 AD | ||
* __Diocles__ ? † | * __Diocles__ ? † | ||
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+ | ==== Diogenes of Sinope ==== | ||
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* **Diogenes of Sinope** 4th Century BC : Along with Antisthenes and Crates of Thebes, Diogenes is considered one of the founders of Cynicism. The ideas of Diogenes, like those of most other Cynics, must be arrived at indirectly. No writings of Diogenes survived even though he is reported to have authored over ten books, a volume of letters and seven tragedies. Cynic ideas are inseparable from Cynic practice; therefore what we know about Diogenes is contained in anecdotes concerning his life and sayings attributed to him in a number of scattered classical sources. Diogenes maintained that all the artificial growths of society were incompatible with happiness and that morality implies a return to the simplicity of nature. So great was his austerity and simplicity that the Stoics would later claim him to be a wise man or " | * **Diogenes of Sinope** 4th Century BC : Along with Antisthenes and Crates of Thebes, Diogenes is considered one of the founders of Cynicism. The ideas of Diogenes, like those of most other Cynics, must be arrived at indirectly. No writings of Diogenes survived even though he is reported to have authored over ten books, a volume of letters and seven tragedies. Cynic ideas are inseparable from Cynic practice; therefore what we know about Diogenes is contained in anecdotes concerning his life and sayings attributed to him in a number of scattered classical sources. Diogenes maintained that all the artificial growths of society were incompatible with happiness and that morality implies a return to the simplicity of nature. So great was his austerity and simplicity that the Stoics would later claim him to be a wise man or " | ||
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+ | ==== Diogenes the Sophist - Menestratus ==== | ||
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* [[Diogenes the Sophist]] 1st Century AD | * [[Diogenes the Sophist]] 1st Century AD | ||
* __Domitius__ ? † | * __Domitius__ ? † | ||
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* [[Menedemus of Lampsacus]] 3rd Century BC : Cynic philosopher, | * [[Menedemus of Lampsacus]] 3rd Century BC : Cynic philosopher, | ||
* __Menestratus__ 1st Century AD † | * __Menestratus__ 1st Century AD † | ||
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+ | ==== Menippus of Gadara ==== | ||
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* **Menippus of Gadara** 1st Half of the 3rd Century BC : Cynic and satirist. His works, which are all lost, were an important influence on Varro and Lucian. The Menippean satire genre is named after him. Considered with Antisthenes, | * **Menippus of Gadara** 1st Half of the 3rd Century BC : Cynic and satirist. His works, which are all lost, were an important influence on Varro and Lucian. The Menippean satire genre is named after him. Considered with Antisthenes, | ||
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+ | ==== Menippus of Lycia - Zeno of Citium ==== | ||
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* [[Menippus of Lycia]] 1st Century AD | * [[Menippus of Lycia]] 1st Century AD | ||
* [[Metrocles of Maronea]] 3rd Century BC : Cynic philosopher from Maroneia. He studied in Aristotle’s Lyceum under Theophrastus, | * [[Metrocles of Maronea]] 3rd Century BC : Cynic philosopher from Maroneia. He studied in Aristotle’s Lyceum under Theophrastus, |
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