 In summer he used to roll in hot sand, and in winter to embrace statues covered with snow ; be wore coarse clothing, lived on the plainest food, slept in porticoes or in the street, and finally, according to the common story, took up his residence in...  A classical dictionary of biography [&c.]. - Page 221by sir William Smith - 1858Full view - About this book
 | sir William Smith - Classical dictionaries - 1850 - 858 pages
...moroseness. In summer he used to roll in hot sand, and in winter to embrace statues covered with snow ; he wore coarse clothing, lived on the plainest food,...story, took up his residence in a tub belonging to the Metrotim, or temple of the Mother of the Gods. The truth of this latter tale has, however, been reasonably... | |
 | Charles Anthon - Greek literature - 1853 - 600 pages
...In summer he used to roll in the hot sand, and in winter to embrace statues covered with snow ; he wore coarse clothing, lived on the plainest food,...mother of the gods. The truth of this latter tale, however, has been reasonably disputed.3 In spite of his strange eccentricities, Diogenes appears to... | |
 | Charles Anthon - Greek literature - 1853 - 610 pages
...In summer he used to roll in the hot sand, and in winter to embrace statues covered with snow ; he wore coarse clothing, lived on the plainest food,...mother of the gods. The truth of this latter tale, however, has been reasonably disputed.3 In spite of his strange eccentricities, Diogenes appears to... | |
 | Charles Anthon - Greek literature - 1853 - 608 pages
...the hot sand, and in winter to embrace statues covered with snow ; he wore coarse clothing, lived oh the plainest food, slept in porticoes or in the street,...mother of the gods. The truth of this latter tale, however, has been reasonably disputed.* In spite of his strange eccentricities, Diogenes appears to... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - Puritans - 1866 - 552 pages
...is that people whose God is the Lord.' He that hath not God for his portion 1 The immortal ' tab,' belonging to the Metroum or temple of the mother of the gods. Cf. Seneca, Ep. 99. Lucian, Qnomodo Conscr. Hist. ii. p. 364. Diog. Laert. vi. 23 . Juveiml xiv. 308;... | |
 | William Smith - Biography - 1871 - 1074 pages
...moroseness. In summer he used to roU in hot sand, and in winter to embrace statues covered with snow ; he wore coarse clothing, lived on the plainest food,...latter tale has, however, been reasonably disputed. In spit« of his strange ececutncities, Diogenes appears to have been much respected at Athens, and to... | |
 | Clara Erskine Clement Waters - Art - 1874 - 538 pages
...a most austere life in every particular : slept in porticoes, or in the streets, and finally lived in a tub belonging to the Metroum, or temple of the Mother of the Gods. On his way to JEgina he was taken by pirates and sold as a slave, and when asked what he could do,... | |
 | William Smith - Classical dictionaries - 1877 - 536 pages
...moroseness. In summer he used to roll in hot saud, and in winter to embrace statues covered with snow ; he wore coarse clothing, lived on the plainest food, slept in porticoes or in the streets ; and finally, according to the common story, took up his residence in a tub belonging to the... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1881 - 276 pages
...Diogenes, the great Cynic philosopher, lived from BC 412 to BC 323. According to the common story he lived, in a tub belonging to the Metroum, or temple of the Mother of the Gods. The story goes, that whilst resident at Corinth he was visited by Alexander the Great, who inquired how... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1881 - 270 pages
...Diogenes, the great Cynic philosopher, lived from BC 412 to BC 323. According to the common story he lived in a tub belonging to the Metroum, or temple of the Mother of the Gods. The story goes, that whilst resident at Corinth he was visited by Alexander the Great, who inquired how... | |
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