Now I am not writing this crap on two men died around 2300 years ago to remember their greatness, on the contrary I have reservations on the greatness of Alexander though still I admire him as one of the greatest Military Commander but not as a great human being but to ponder on the lighter side what could have made Alexander to live like Diogenes if he had not been Alexander the Great.īhootnath, one of my friend at E-Panchayat (don’t ask me what’s that), said fools seldom differ □ I have nothing but to agree with Bhootnath, considering how Plato described the Diogenes “A Socrates gone mad”.Īlexander was no doubt the greatest military commander, much has been written about his military campaigns, his conquests and his study under Aristotle, but nothing exist on why he wish to be Diogenes.Īnd as the destiny decided both Alexander and Diogenes died on the same day at different parts of the world, Alex just 32 and Diogenes nearly 90, it seems Alex never got time to be Diogenes. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.” Though very little we know or talk about Diogenes, the man for whom once Alexander said “If I were not Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes.” And if you are not aware who this Diogenes was, a cynical beggar who describe himself as “I am Diogenes the Dog. There is a great admiration for Alexander the Great around the world not to mention what he is like in Greece. This entry was posted in Dog Breeds, Uncategorized and tagged Alexander and Diogenes, Bloodhound, Bulldog, Edwin Landseer. “Alexander and Diogenes” by Edwin Landseer, 1848 It’s said that this famous piece of art influenced Walt Disney in the creation of the 1955 classic, Lady and the Tramp. Two hounds in the background waiting solemnly for their master hold their heads up high as if the neighborhood around them isn’t good enough for them. Alexander was the proud, strutting Bulldog surrounded by sniveling smaller dogs, while Diogenes, portrayed as a mutt living in an barrel, was utterly unimpressed with Alexander’s grandeur and pomposity. Legend says he died of an infected dog bite, and it’s said that the Corinthians erected to his memory a pillar (long disappeared) on which rested a dog carved of Parian marble.Įdwin Landseer’s depiction of the famous meeting between Alexander and Diogenes was given an allegorical twist by portraying the two giants of history as dogs. Diogenes responded by lifting his leg and urinating on them. When a group of wealthy Athenians at a banquet began throwing bones at Diogenes and called him a dog. There wasn’t much Diogenes didn’t made fun of, but he apparently related to dogs and once described himself as a hound of the sort that men praise, but with whom no one will go hunting. A Dialogue between Alexander the Great, and Diogenes the Cynic (1743) by Henry Fielding sister projects: Wikidata item. Known for a sharp tongue, he routinely insulted famous personages, lectured shoppers in the marketplace, and founded the school of cynicism (in fact, the word c ynic is related to the Greek word for dog, though it’s unclear if cynicism is named for Diogenes’s affinity for canines, or for his teacher’s school which was called “The Temple of The White Dog”). The king and his companions approached the philosopher whilst he was sunbathing in a suburb called Craneion, whereupon Diogenes lifted himself onto his elbows and scowled at the. As the story goes, when Alexander the Great visited the Greek philosopher, Diogenes at the wine barrel in which he lives, and offered to fulfill a wish for him, Diogenes simply replied “Stand out of my light” (Read: Dude, you’re blocking my sun).ĭiogenes was a piece of work. One of the best-known anecdotes concerning Alexander the Great is the story of his meeting with Diogenes the Cynic at Corinth in September 335BC.
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