Vol. 16 No. 3 (1990): XVI - 1990, fascicolo 3
Articoli

Menippus, the cur from Crete

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  • Joel C. Relihan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/prometheus-15419

Published 2023-11-22

Keywords

  • Menippus,
  • Diogenes Laertius,
  • Cynicism,
  • Crete

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Abstract

Calling Menippus “Cretan dog” in his Life of Menippus, 6.99-101, Diogenes Laertius does not imply that he was a Cynic: he rather refers to cynanthropy, a pathological bent for death and graves that Greek folklore used to link with Crete.

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