Diogenes

Diogenes (Διογένης) is a Greek name shared by several important historical figures:

• Diogenes of Sinope (412–323 BC), better known as Diogenes the Cynic or simply Diogenes, philosopher
• Diogenes of Apollonia or Diogenes Apolloniates (c. 460 BC), philosopher
• Diogenes of Babylon or "Diogenes the Stoic" (c. 230 -c. 150 BC), Stoic philosopher from Seleucia, frequently confused with the following
• Diogenes of Seleucia (Epicurean) (died 146 BC), Epicurean philosopher and adviser to King Alexander of Syria
• Diogenes of Tarsus (2nd century BC), Epicurean philosopher
• Diogenes of Judea (fl. c. 100-76 BC), general and advisor of Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus
• Diogenes (explorer) (1st century CE), Greek merchant and explorer
• Diogenes of Byzantium, bishop of Byzantium, 114-129 CE
• Diogenes of Oenoanda (2nd century CE), Epicurean
• Diogenes Laërtius (between 200-500 CE), historian
• Constantine Diogenes (died 1032), Byzantine general
• Romanos IV Diogenes (died 1072), Byzantine emperor 1078–1081, son of Constantine Diogenes
• Nikephoros Diogenes, Byzantine general, son of Romanos IV
• Diogenes syndrome, a misnomer for a mental disorder

Note: "Diogenes" is sometimes confused with the name of Digenes Akritas, the hero of a famous Byzantine epic.

Biology

• Diogenes (genus) is a genus of hermit crabs

In modern literature

• Diogenes (journal) from the International Council of Philosophy and Humanistic Studies
• Diogenes Verlag, a Swiss publishing house
• The Diogenes Club, named after Diogenes of Sinope, co-founded by Sherlock Holmes' brother Mycroft
• Diogenes, an interstellar scout ship in Poul Anderson's The Entity
• Diogenes Small, fictional character created by Colin Dexter in the Inspector Morse series of books
• Diogenes Pendergast, fictional character from Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's Pendergast series of books
• Diogenes Teufelsdröckh, the fictional philosopher of Clothes Philosophy described in Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus