Diogenes

Diogenes ( Greek : Διογένης, literally "begotten by God") was the name of various personalities of ancient Greece, in particular of philosophers:

• Diogenes of Apollonia (around 500 BC), philosopher in Athens
• Diogenes of Athens , ancient sculptor
• Diogenes of Sinope (around 405 to around 320 BC), Cynical philosopher, known as "Diogenes in the bin"
• Diogenes of Seleukeia, "The Babylonian" (around 240–150 BC), Stoic
• Diogenes Euergetes , Macedonian city commander of Athens, who lived in 229 BC. BC gave the Piraeus to the Athenians
• Antonios Diogenes (2nd century AD), author of the novel "Description of the miracles beyond Thule"
• Diogenes (Byzantium) († around 129), Bishop of Byzantion
• Diogenes of Oinoanda (around 1st – 6th centuries), Epicurean
• Diogenes Laertios (3rd century), historian of philosophy
• Diogenes of Smyrna , teacher of Anaxarchos from Abdera
• Diogenes of Tarsus (probably 2nd half of the 2nd century BC), Epicurean
• Diogenes (martyr) , Christian martyr
• Constantine Diogenes (Konstantinos Diogenes; † 1028/34), Byzantine military leader

Diogenes means:

• the Diogenes Verlag , a Swiss book publisher
• Diogenes Study , a major European nutrition study published in 2010
• Diogenes syndrome , a complex mental disorder

See also:

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

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.