This is an index of the historical figures who are explicitly mentioned in the main text; deities and mythical figures are not included. Further information about many of them can be found in the Explanatory Notes.
Accius, Latin poet and dramatist 117
Achaicos, philosophical author of unknown date 102
Aeschines, friend of Socrates, author of Socratic dialogues 123, 139, 179
Agesilaos, king of Sparta 45
Agesilaos of Cos, acquaintance of Diogenes 47
Aithiops of Ptolemais, Cyrenaic, pupil of Aristippos 143
Alcibiades, Athenian politician and general 113, 180
Alexander the Great, king of Macedon 10, 12, 53–6, 86, 88, 91, 165–6
Amphicrates, author of a book on famous men 154
Anaxarchos of Abdera, sceptical philosopher 85
Anaximenes, of Lampsacos, rhetorician 51–2
Androsthenes, son of Onesicritos, pupil of Diogenes 86
Anniceris, Cyrenaic philosopher 144, 152–3
Antigonos I, Macedonian general and ruler in Asia 44, 81
Antigonos II Gonatas, king of Macedon 81, 105–6
Antipater (properly Antipatros), Macedonian general 56
Antipatros, of Tarsos, Stoic philosopher 49
Antipatros, of Cyrene, pupil of Aristippos 143–4, 153
Antisthenes, friend of Socrates, philosophical writer, supposed teacher of Diogenes 7–8, 10, 27, 60, 80, 82, 87, 117–21, 159–60, 169, 172, 177–80
Antisthenes, author of book on the philosophical successions 153
Apollonios of Tyre, Stoic philosopher 104
Arcesilaos, Academic philosopher 111
Arete, daughter of Aristippos 123, 143–5, 176–7
Aristippos, founder of the Cyrenaic school 5–6, 12, 34, 37, 123–44, 154, 175–80
Aristippos, unnamed son of 144
Aristippos, ‘the Mother-taught’, son of Arete, Cyrenaic philosopher 143–50, 177
Aristogeiton, Athenian tyrannicide 57, 84, 112
Ariston of Chios, Stoic philosopher with Cynic sympathies 27, 34, 148
Aristotle, philosopher 34, 53, 94
Artaphernes, Persian satrap 126
Asclepiades of Phlious, philosopher of Eretrian school 93, 96
Athlias, a messenger 56
Autolycos, Athenian athlete 119
Baton, owner of Menippos 102
Betion, friend of Bion, 106
Bion of Borysthenes, moral preacher with Cynic sympathies 97, 105–17
Bryson the Achaean, philosopher 87
Callias, wealthy Athenian politician 120
Callisthenes, of Olynthos, historian 55
Cercidas of Megalopolis, poet with Cynic sympathies 82
Charondas, otherwise unknown 129
Chrysippos, early Stoic philosopher 16, 49–50, 101
Cicermos, fictional athlete 164–5
Cleanthes, early Stoic philosopher 48–9, 100
Cleitomachos, Academic sceptic philosopher 147
Cleomenes, author of a book on pedagogues 61
Cleomenes, early Cynic, pupil of Crates 101–2
Crateros, Macedonian general 56
Crates, Academic philosopher, a teacher of Aristippos 105
Crates, Cynic, follower of Diogenes 85, 87–101, 103–4, 111, 161, 169–75
Croesus, king of Lydia 30
Cyrus, the Great, emperor of Persia 86, 118
Cyrus, the Younger, son of Darius II 86
Demetrios of Alexandria, Cynic philosopher 102
Demetrios of Magnesia, biographer and literary scholar 55, 86, 88
Demetrios of Phaleron, orator who held power at Athens 90, 93, 154
Demosthenes, Athenian orator and statesman 51
Diocles of Magnesia, author of books about philosophers 6, 17, 27, 87, 93, 102, 118–19, 136
Diodoros of Aspendos, ascetic Pythagorean 119
Diogenes of Sinope, founder of Cynic movement 3–91, 107, 123–5 130, 133–8, 154, 159–75
Dionsysios I, tyrant of Syracuse 33, 35, 123, 125, 130, 133–7, 139, 175–6, 178–9
Dionysios II, tyrant of Syracuse 56–7, 166–7
Dionysios of Chalcedon, philosopher of the Megarian school 103, 153
Dionysios of Colophon, credited with writing works of Menippos 103
Dionysios of Heraclea, Stoic philosopher 52
Diotimos of Carystos, acquaintance of Diogenes 19
Dioxippos, Athenian athletic champion 21–2
Echecles of Ephesos, early Cynic 102
Epaminondas, Theban general and statesman 45
Epicrates, Athenian politician 180
Epictetus, Stoic philosopher 88
Epicurus, founder of Epicureanism, a hedonistic philosophy 103, 124, 145–7, 152–3
Epitimides of Cyrene, Cyrenaic philosopher 144
Eratosthenes of Cyrene, polymathic scholar 88, 106
Euboulides, author of book on Diogenes, perhaps identifiable with Euboulos 6
Euboulos, author of a book on the enslavement of Diogenes 61
Eucleides, friend of Socrates, founder of Megarian school 36, 88
Eurycleides, hierophant at Eleusis 154
Eurysthenes, Athenian politician 180
Euthycrates, Corinthian acquaintance of Crates 93
Euthydemos, sophist, acquaintance of Socrates 180
Eutychides, slave of Aristippos, 127
Favorinos of Arelate, rhetorician and author 34, 48, 106
Gorgias, of Leontini, sophist and rhetorician 118
Harmodios, Athenian tyrannicide 57, 84, 112
Harpalos, a pirate 47
Hecaton of Rhodes, Stoic philosopher and author 101
Hegesandros of Delphi, author of historical works 134–5
Hegesias, ‘Dog-collar’, Cynic, pupil of Diogenes 87
Hegesias, ‘the Death-Persuader’, Cyrenaic philosopher 144, 150–2
Hipparchia, Cynic philosopher, wife of Crates 88, 99–101, 172–5
Hermippos of Smyrna, biographer 102, 118
Hesiod, early epic poet 77, 114
Hicesias of Sinope, father of Diogenes 6
Hiketes, alternative name for preceding 159
Hipparchia, a Cynic, wife of Crates 88, 99–101, 172–5
Hippobotos, author who wrote about philosophers 87, 102, 146
Homer, epic poet 13, 77–8, 117, 166
Isomamachos, an Athenian contemporary of Xenophon 125
Lais, a courtesan 123–5, 132, 134
Lamprocles, son of Socrates 177
Lysanias, son of Aischrion, author 10
Lysias, a pharmacist 48
Lysimachos, Macedonian officer and ruler 100, 154–6
Manes, supposed slave of Diogenes 11
Megas, governor and later ruler of Cyrene 154
Meidias, rich Athenian 74
Meleager (properly Meleagros), of Gadara, poet 102
Meleagros, author of work on the opinions of philosophers, 147
Menander (properly Menandros), author of comedies 85
Menandros, known as ‘Oakwood’, a Cynic 87
Menedemos, a Cynic 102
Menedemos, philosopher of the Eretrian school 93, 106, 111
Menippos, Cynic satirical author 58, 102–3
Metrocles, a Cynic, pupil of Crates 43, 98–101, 154, 161–2, 170–1
Metrodoros of Chios, Democritean philosopher 85
Micylos, a poor weaver, possibly fictional 96
Mithras, treasurer of Lysimachos 155
Monimos, Cynic with sceptical views 84–6
Musonius Rufus, Stoic philosopher 100
Myrto, supposed wife of Socrates 177
Nicodromos, a harpist 93
Olympiodoros, an Athenian magistrate 10
Onesicritos, historian, pilot of Alexander’s fleet 36
Panaitios, Stoic philosopher 145
Paraibates of Cyrene, Cyrenaic philosopher 144
Pasicles, son of Crates and Hipparchia 88, 100
Pasiphon, credited with writing works attributed to Diogenes 48
Patakion, disreputable Athenian informer 45
Pelopidas, heroic Theban general 84
Perdiccas, general of Alexander and briefly regent of his empire 56
Pericles, Athenian general and statesman 180
Persaios, of Citium, Stoic philosopher 105
Phaedo (properly Phaidon), friend of Socrates, founder of Eleian school 129, 180
Phaidros, friend of Socrates 180
Phanias of Eresos, philosophical and historical writer 123
Pharnabazos, Persian satrap 126
Philemon, author of comedies 87
Philip II, King of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great 52–3, 88
Philiscos, son of Onesicritos, pupil of Diogenes 48, 50, 86–7
Philiscos, a cobbler, possibly fictional 94
Philonides, associate of Antigonos II, otherwise unknown 105
Phocion, Athenian general and statesman 86, 157
Phocos, disreputable son of Phocion 157
Phryne, a courtesan 40, 91
Plato, philosopher, friend of Socrates 26, 32–5, 56, 96, 123, 126–8, 131–2, 135–8, 179
Polyeuctos of Sphettos, Athenian orator 10
Polyxenos, philosopher of the Megarian school 24, 128
Prodicos, sophist, a contemporary of Socrates 180
Ptolemy I Soter, king of Egypt 97, 151, 154–5
Pythagoras, philosopher and mystic 100
Satyros, author of biographies 10, 50
Simon, cobbler and acquiantance of Socrates, possibly fictional 179–80
Simos, steward of Dionysios I 137
Skirpalos or Skirtalos, a pirate in time of Diogenes 57, 61
Socrates 35–6, 100, 108, 113, 117–18, 121, 123–7, 132, 134, 142–3, 162, 177–80
Sonicos, a friend of Aristippos 176
Sosicrates of Rhodes, historical writer 84, 90, 119, 124
Sotion of Alexandria, author of book on philosophical successions 35, 50, 124, 132
Speusippos, Academic philosopher, nephew of Plato 80
Stilpo, philosopher of the Megarian school 87, 96, 104, 111, 154
Straton, of Lampsacos (?) 132
Telesphoros, an officer of King Lysimachos 156
Themison, king of Cyprus 94
Theodoros, ‘the Atheist’, Cyrenaic with eclectic views 100, 105–6, 123, 144, 153–7
Theognis of Megara, elegiac poet 114
Theombrotos, Cynic, pupil of Crates 101–2
Theophrastos, Peripatetic philosopher, a pupil of Aristotle 9, 98, 101, 105
Timarchos of Alexandria, early Cynic 102
Xanthippe, wife of Socrates 177
Xeniades, sceptical philosopher 85
Xeniades, supposed purchaser and master of Diogenes 57–61, 85
Xenocrates, Academic philosopher 80, 98
Xenophon, Athenian soldier and author, friend of Socrates 86, 103, 123
Zeno of Citium, founder of the Stoic movement 27, 48–9, 91, 94, 100, 103–4
Zoilos of Perga, otherwise unknown 46
Zopyros of Colophon, credited with writing works of Menippos 103