abuse, proper response to 23–4, 74, 140
accoutrements, Cynic, see cloak, cup, knapsack, stick admonition 26, 51, 70–1
adultery, Diogenes on 41;
Crates on 88
Theodoros that justifiable 153
affections, that sense-affections alone apprehensible, see scepticism
afterlife, see Hades, initiations
anger, Aristippos on the suppression of, 139–40
animal, as exemplar 9;
cruelty to 115
assault, response to 74, 43, 93
astronomy, mocked as useless 28–9, 109, 163
atheism, of Theodoros, 153–5; see also gods
Athenians, criticized by Diogenes as self-indulgent 20, 44
athletes, criticism of 20–1, 73, 78, 84, 164–5
avarice, Diogenes on 378
Bion on 109–10
baths, as shelter for Cynic 98, 107
various references 20, 42, 66, 76, 78, 138
beauty, physical, 42–3, 72, 92, 112
beggar, Diogenes as 8, 10, 12, 17–19, 55, 161
does Plato beg? 34
benefits, should be proportional to worth of recipient 68
birth, high, of no value 27, 150
Antisthenes not of pure Athenian 117–18
Bion’s low birth no cause for shame 105
black people, jokes about 72
books, Diogenes on the use of 65, 87
brothel, as revealing nature of love 40, 88
Bion’s mother from 105
Diogenes seen leaving 76 bread, black versus white 15, 98
burial, Diogenes on 61, 81–3
Bion on 117
Theodoros on 170
cakes, should sage eat? 15
cannibalism, justifiable 48–9
cloak, rough doubled as Cynic uniform 4, 8, 10, 27, 49, 82, 87, 91, 98, 105, 159–62, 164, 175, 178
did Antisthenes wear one? 119
Aristippos exchanges with Diogenes 138, wears doubled cloak in emergency 131, 138
clothing, luxurious, Aristippos wears 125
but happy in any 131–3, 135–6, 138
mocked by Diogenes 43–4
cobblers, philosophical 94, 179–80
coinage, see restamping
contrarian, Diogenes as 21–4
cosmopolitanism, of Diogenes 3–4, 12
of Aristippos 143
courtesans, Diogenes on 40–1
Aristippos associates with 125, 132–4, 141
Crates on 88, 91
Theodorean sophism about 157
crowd, non-Cynics characterized as mere members of 19–20
cultivation and education, value of 37, 63, 69–70, 86, 101, 127, 141
culture, mocked as useless by Diogenes, 27–9
by Bion 108–9; see also astronomy, geometry, music, literature, nature
cup, as Cynic accoutrement, 10–11, 159–60
Cynic name, originated as term of abuse 24
supposedly originating with Antisthenes 119; see also dog
death, Diogenes on 80–2, 170
tales about his death 83–4
Aristippos fears 138–9
Bion on 116–17
Crates foresees 97, see also burial
demagogues, Athenian orators as 50–1
dialectic, mocked by Diogenes 31–2
practised by Theodoros 105, 153, cf. 100 and note
dispossession, Cynic, 4, 8–9, 12, 87–9
dissolute, sayings by Diogenes about the 39
Aristippos disowns his son as being 144
himself caricatured as being 6
divination, mocked, 46, 11, 163
dog, Diogenes as 3, 5, 24–6, 34–5, 49
disciple called Dog-collar 87
name supposedly connected with Antisthenes 119
doctor, philosopher likened to 20, 136–7
dream-reading 46–7
dress, see clothing, cloak
drink, Cynic attitudes to 14–17, 27, 90, 98, 107; see also wine
dropsy, as analogy for insatiable greed 37, 97, 109
eating, see food
effeminacy, attacked by Diogenes 19, 25, 42–3, 59
education, of young 61–3, 65, 114, 127, 141; see also cultivation
Eleusinian Mysteries, see initiations
end, of life, for Cynics to live in accordance with virtue, 27
for Cyrenaics pleasure 125, 152; see also pleasure
enslavement, of Diogenes, see slavery
envy, Diogenes immune to 91
envious man mocked 113–14
sage will avoid 90, 146
Epicureanism, how it resembles and differs from Cyrenaic hedonism 124, 145–7, 152–3
exercise, benefits of 29, 66, 92, 172
should aim at good of soul 21
exile, of Diogenes 6–8, 60
Bion consoles
Demetrios for 93–4
no hardship to die in 81
of Theodoros 154–6
expense, see values
extravagance, of Aristippos 125, 128–9, 138
source of strife 95
spendthrifts mocked for 18, 39–40
farting, no great offence 101
fees, Aristippos charges for teaching, see money
flattery 50, 69–70, 92, 114; see also plain speaking
food, Diogenes on the right approach to 14–16
criticizes wrong approach 38–40
other references by Diogenes 4, 10, 58, 138, 161–2, 175
Aristippos justifies buying expensive 128–9
Antisthenes on simple diet 120
Bion on same 107
but greedily devours a fish 115
Crates on simple diet 90, 95, 98
fortune, Cynic invulnerability to 30–1
should accept any role imposed by 106–7
Aristippos admired for adapting to any 123, 131–2
thanked for imposing afflictions, 31, 104
wealth as vomit of 36, 86
freedom, destitution as beginning of 88–9
Diogenes values above all else 30; see also slavery
friendship 26, 57, 66–7, 69, 114, 139, 146, 150, 152–3
Fury, Menedemos supposedly assumes guise of a 102
Games, Diogenes at Olympic 19–21, 162–4
confronts victor on way back from 164–5
supposedly dies on way to 80
Antisthenes plans to deliver speech at Isthmian 118
Aristippos learns about Socrates at Olympic 125; see also athletes, victor
geometry, rejected as useless 27, 106
gods, Diogenes on the existence of 47–8
Bion’s attitude to 106, 111
Theodoros as atheist 153–5
wise are friends to 13, 27–8, 162
gratitude 69, 150–2
greed, insatiable 52, 97, 109; see also avarice
Hades, fate of dead in 45, 112
Menedemos as spy from 102
road to 81, 97, 116
happiness, for Diogenes arises from dispossession 4–5, 159–62
lies in invulnerability to fortune 29–31
not to be judged by predominance of pleasures 98–9
Cyrenaic views about its source 124–5, 143, 145–6, 150
hedonism, of Cyrenaics, see pleasure
Heracles, as exemplar for Cynics 4, 30, 90, 118, 161–2, 179–80
hetairai, see courtesans
homelessness, Cynic 4, 8, 10, 27, 96, 98; see also jar
hunchback, joke about 76
Crates as 97
ideas, Diogenes mocks Plato’s theory of 32–3
illusion, as governing human action 36–43
Bion on false opinion 108–9
sense-experience as source of, according to Monimos 85
to Cyrenaics 148–9.
incest, supposedly favoured by Cynics and early Stoics 49
informers, as dangerous beasts 69
Initiation, into Eleusinian Mysteries 45, 154, 177
insults, see abuse
invulnerability, see fortune
jar, as home of Diogenes 4, 8, 10, 27, 52–3, 55; see also homelessness
jokes, of popular nature ascribed to Diogenes 72–8
kings, interchanges of Diogenes with 52–6, 165–6
Theodorus’ boldness toward 154–7; see also tyrants
knapsack, as Cynic accoutrement 3–4, 10–11, 15, 85, 90–1, 94, 96, 106, 119, 159–61, 164, 175
knucklebones, as currency in Cynic state 49
letters of recommendation, rejected as pointless 64
literature, study of, rejected as useless 27–8, 109
love 40, 42, 95, 112–13, 118, 134, 146, 163; see also sex
lupin seeds, as favourite Cynic food 4, 14, 28, 96, 101, 161, 179
luxury, Cyrenaic 5, 123–5, 128–9
mad, Diogenes viewed as 22, 35
Monimos feigns madness 85
man, true, as against mere member of the crowd, scum or slave 19–22
marriage, Diogenes on 41, 48–50, 167
Antisthenes on 118
Bion on 113
Crates on 88
dog-marriage of Crates and Hipparchia 99–101, 172–5
masturbation, virtues of 16, 41, 49, 162
misanthrope, Diogenes represented as in apocryphal letters 167–70
misers, mocked by Diogenes 18, 38
Bion on 109–10
money, Diogenes scorns 13
begs for daily needs 10, 17–19
criticizes love of 38–9
Crates gives his away 87–9
proper attitude to 97–8
other Cynic reflections on 86, 101, 110; c.f.
Antisthenes 119–21
Aristippos charges much for teaching 123, 127–8
his attitude to 128–30, 134, 137, 141; see also poverty, wealth
mourning, Bion criticizes excessive 116
mouse, Diogenes draws lesson from 9
has one as scrounger 15
music, mocked as useless 27, 106
jokes directed at musicians 72, 78
nature, study of, rejected as useless 27–9, 147–8
non-attachment, Aristippos that should adopt a detached attitude toward pleasure and possessions 129–34
octopus, Diogenes dies from eating raw 82, 84
old age, Diogenes on 30, 68, 71, 79–80
Bion on 116
Crates on 97
orators, mocked by Diogenes 50–2; see also rhetoric
pain, philosophers should cause 33
parody, of Homeric verses by Diogenes 77–8
parodic tragedies ascribed to him 48–50
in verses of Crates 94–6
practised by Bion 106
seriocomic writings of Menippos 102
pedagogue, Diogenes supposedly served as during his enslavement 61
strikes one for misbehaviour of child 63
pederasty 42, 77, 106, 112–13, 154–5
perfume, Diogenes mocks use of 13, 43–4
expense of 14
favoured by Aristippos 6, 125, 129, 178
pessimism, hedonism as resulting in 150–2
pirates, Diogenes captured by 57–61
Aristippos threatened by 130
Bion threatened by 115
success of pirate evidence against divine providence 47
pleasure, Diogenes that should despise 4, 23, 29–30
Antisthenes on 126
Bion that should be derived from wisdom 108
Crates that happiness should not be judged by its predominance 98–9
the Cyrenaic regard it as end of life 124–5, 145–6, 150–2
interpret it in terms of motion 145–6
possessions, Crates gives away 88–9
overvaluation of 37, 52, 119–21
poverty, blessings of 4, 12, 38, 88–9, 91, 95, 161, 166
Poverty’s self-defence in Bion 107
praise, a bad sign to receive it 23
Diogenes praised but not followed 25–6
Bion on the beneficial effects of 114
prayer, Diogenes criticizes conventional 44–6
Aristippos that we should not pray for specific things 140
Bion on 111
prodigies, mockery of attitudes to 47, 111
prostitutes, see courtesans
public, Diogenes carries out all activities in, see shamelessness
purifications 45–6, 111
quarrels, Crates as a counsellor who resolves 89–90
Aristippos resolves personal quarrel 139
religion, Diogenes on 44–50, 55
Bion on 11–16; see also gods
reputation, should be viewed with contempt 23, 27, 46, 50
restamping the currency, literal and figurative, 6–7, 30
rhetoric, scorned by Diogenes 28, 50–2
by Bion 114
orator hired by Aristippos 125
rhetorical style of Antisthenes 118
ridicule, see abuse
ruling, art of 58, 142–3
sacrifices, criticism of 44–5
sacrilege, can be justifiable, Bion 112
Theodoros 153
sacrilegious act ascribed to Diogenes 46; see also temple-robbery
scepticism, Cyrenaic regarding sense-experience, 147–50
of Monimos 85–6
self-sufficiency 12, 118, 153
Bion’s discourse on 106–8
sex 16, 40–2, 48–50, 88, 101, 106, 112–13, 120, 125, 132–4, 147, 153–4, 162, 169
shamelessness, Cynic, 5, 16–17, 25, 49, 103–4
shipwreck, of Aristippos 130–2
of Zeno 103–4
short cut to happiness, Cynic, 5, 27, 159–61, 172
caricatured as path to notoriety 5
silence, proper time for 62, 115
slavery and freedom, Diogenes happy to lose his slave 11
has no slave to bury him 81
most people slaves by nature 21, 38, 160–1
freedom depends on knowledge of good 64, 108
Diogenes remains free when enslaved 57–62, 170–2
Crates sets himself free by giving away his possessions 88–9, 95
Bion sold into slavery 105
see also for Aristippos 127, 136, 142–3
sophisms, Diogenes responds to 32
Hipparchia responds to 100
employed by Theodoros, 153–4, 157; see also dialectic
Spartans, praised by Diogenes for hardiness, 20, 31
interchanges with 77
vain about mean clothing 44
spitting, into face of uncultivated 37, 137–8, 164
used as analogy by Aristippos 144
spy, Cynic as 52, 102
stick, Antisthenes threatens Diogenes with 8
as carried by Diogenes 3, 10, 159–61
Diogenes strikes people with 20, 74, 163
to deter scavengers after death 82, 170
wielded by Crates 88, 103–4
did Antisthenes or Diodoros first adopt stick and knapsack? 119
suicide, Diogenes on 79–80
did he kill himself? 82–3
Metrocles said to have 101
and Menippos 102
Hegesias encourages as ‘Death-persuader’ 150–3
Theodoros that never justifiable 157
superstition, Diogenes mocks 44–7
Bion mocks 111–12
but finally yields to it 106
sage will be free of 147
taverns and wine-shops, 17, 40, 44, 51, 81
tax-collectors, as dangerous beasts, 69
temple-robbery, may be justifiable, 48, 112
custodians the worse thieves 46
tragedy, Diogenes has suffered all curses of 12
mocked by him 28
parodies of tragedy ascribed to him 48–50
Crates inspired by a distressed hero from 87
training, Cynic life as form of 29–30, 161
procedures adopted to train for endurance 10, 77
of children 59, 61–3, 64–5
tyrants, Diogenes’s attitude to 56–7, 166–7
mocks Plato for associating with 133–4
Aristippos at court of 6, 123, 125, 134–8, 175–8
Theodoros responds to threat from 156; see also kings
underworld, see Hades
universe, study of, see astronomy, nature
values, relative, the best things cheapest 13–14, 94
vanity, different kinds of 44
Diogenes accused of 35, 138
vegetable washing, anecdotes centring around 33, 138, 154, 175
victor, the Cynic as true 20–1, 164–5
wealth, true 12–14, 23, 95, 97–8, 119–20
conventional evaluation attacked 36–9, 70, 109–11
Aristippos that cannot have too much 129
productive of pleasure but not inherently valuable 147; see also money, poverty
wine, Diogenes on 14–15
Crates rejects 90
other references 98, 107, 120, 123, 134, 178
women, popular misogynistic jokes 71–2
suited to philosophy 100, 172–5
virtue same as man’s 118