Diogenes

John William Waterhouse

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Work Overview

Diogenes
John William Waterhouse
Date 1882
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 208,3 × 134,6 cm
Current location Art Gallery of New South Wales


Diogenes (/daɪˈɒdʒəˌniːz/; Greek: Διογένης, Diogenēs [di.oɡénɛ͜ɛs]) was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynic philosophy. Also known as Diogenes the Cynic (Ancient Greek: Διογένης ὁ Κυνικός, Diogenēs ho Kunikos), he was born in Sinope (modern-day Sinop, Turkey), an Ionian colony on the Black Sea,[1] in 412 or 404 B.C. and died at Corinth in 323 B.C.