Sobre o exílio de Diógenes

Olimar Flores-Júnior

doi:10.5209/cfcg.104279

On the exile of Diogenes

Olimar Flores-Júnior Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8878-1275

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/cfcg.104279

Abstract

This article revisits the theme of the exile of Diogenes the Cynic, which occurred due to an alleged crime of ‘currency counterfeiting’ (παραχαράττειν τὸ νόμισμα), which took him from Sinope, his hometown, to Athens, and whose main versions have been preserved in the opening of Diogenes Laertius᾽ Book VI (D. L. VI 20-21), the book dedicated to cynicism. Connecting this to other relevant themes of the cynical tradition, specially the ‘use of representations᾽ (χρπῆσις φαντασιῶν), it is argued that exile is the alma mater of Diogenian thought, emerging as a founding myth of cynicism.

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Flores-Júnior O. (2026). On the exile of Diogenes. Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios griegos e indoeuropeos, 36, 195-208. https://doi.org/10.5209/cfcg.104279

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