Brill’s New Pauly Supplements II - Volume 7 : Figures of Antiquity and their Reception in Art, Literature and Music
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Subject: Classical Studies
Edited by: Peter van Möllendorff, Annette Simonis and Linda Simonis
The 96 contributions in Brill’s New Pauly Supplement 7: Historical Figures from Antiquity depict the survival of great characters from Antiquity to the modern world. Each article presents an overview of the latest research on what we know concerning the lives of the historical person or legendary figure and then recounts the reception of these figures throughout history, giving special attention on the viewpoints in the early modern and contemporary periods.
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The 96 contributions in Brill’s New Pauly Supplement 7: Historical Figures from Antiquity depict the survival of great characters from Antiquity to the modern world. Each article presents an overview of the latest research on what we know concerning the lives of the historical person or legendary figure and then recounts the reception of these figures throughout history, giving special attention on the viewpoints in the early modern and contemporary periods.
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Diogenes
(4,158 words)
A. Historical dimension (Διογένης/
Diogénēs; Latin
Diogenes [
Cynicus])
A. Historical dimension Although there probably was a historical figure named D. of Sinope (412/403–324/321 BC), truth and legend merge in the story of the most famous representative of the school of Cynicism to such a degree that "the value of almost all testimonies on D. as source material is problematic" [04.18]. There are attestations to D.' own writings, but no such writings survive. The chief source for understanding his historical impact is the treatise
Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, a summa…
Date:
2016-02-22