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Fails WP:N. Diogenes of Sinope was a Greek speaker, and there are several versions (in Greek) of what he may have said to Alexander the Great. This particular Latin phrase apparently appears in Valerius Maximus and the satires of Juvenal. A search for this phrase on Google Book Search reveals just 18 books which quote this phrase - mainly just Latin editions of those two authors. It is worth noting that a search for the alternative Cicero phrase mentioned on this page gives 24 books. Singinglemon (talk) 19:35, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The story about Diogenes and Alexander is certainly notable, but the place to treat it is where it is already treated, in Diogenes of Sinope. This Latin version of Diogenes' supposed remark has no independent notability. Deor (talk) 21:17, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The story of Diogenes and Alexander is, indeed, notable. It's one of the most discussed anecdotes in history, written about by a millennium or two's worth of writers. I'm sure that there's a source or two for a fairly lengthy encyclopaedia article in there somewhere. ☺ Uncle G (talk) 06:14, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I should probably mention that it's been painted and sculpted a lot, too. Uncle G (talk) 07:25, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 Fails [[WP:N]]. [[Diogenes of Sinope]] was a Greek speaker, and there are several versions (in Greek) of what he may have said to Alexander the Great. This particular Latin phrase apparently appears in [[Valerius Maximus]] and the satires of [[Juvenal]]. A search for this phrase on Google Book Search reveals just 18 books which quote this phrase - mainly just Latin editions of those two authors. It is worth noting that a search for the alternative Cicero phrase mentioned on this page gives 24 books. [[User:Singinglemon|Singinglemon]] ([[User talk:Singinglemon|talk]]) 19:35, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
 *'''Delete'''. The story about Diogenes and Alexander is certainly notable, but the place to treat it is where it is already treated, in [[Diogenes of Sinope]]. This Latin version of Diogenes' supposed remark has no independent notability. [[User:Deor|Deor]] ([[User talk:Deor|talk]]) 21:17, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
+*The story of [[Diogenes and Alexander]] is, indeed, notable.  It's one of the most discussed anecdotes in history, written about by a millennium or two's worth of writers.  I'm sure that there's a source or two for a fairly lengthy encyclopaedia article in there somewhere. &#9786; [[User:Uncle G|Uncle G]] ([[User talk:Uncle G|talk]]) 06:14, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
+**I should probably mention that it's been painted and sculpted a lot, too. [[User:Uncle G|Uncle G]] ([[User talk:Uncle G|talk]]) 07:25, 15 August 2010 (UTC)