I came her because I am curious, when I studied under Aristotle he would always lead me to an answer, could you not point me in the direction of the answer, at least?"Īnd Diogenes grinned, his eyes shut, he pointed out of the alley.Īrrhidaeus, Alexander the Great's brother, met him outside the alley Now, if you'll pardon me, I'd like to get back to enjoying the sounds of the city, rather than the questions of an idiot wandering down the wrong alley." "But, surely, there is more than this alley to the world, is there not? Surely there is a 'why' for a great philosopher like Diogenes." "I think there is a 'why.' If there is not, what is there?"ĭiogenes waved his hand through his shaft of sunlight to the foul alley. It reminded him of his youth, studying under Aristotle. For all his battles, and his trusty weathered sword sheathed at his side which cut through the Gordian Knot in a single stroke, he was lost for answers. Would you tell this foolish conqueror of the world why?"Īlexander the Great balked at Diogenes.
You could be in my employ, or a great statesmen, or living in the patronage of many of the wealthy houses of Corinth, but you have refused them all. You involve yourself in matters of the civil, yet you yourself are uncivil. You cut their hair short, had them learn to hunt as if they were dogs. Yet, I have heard you have had pupils, and even raised children as if they were Spartans. He had heard many tales of Diogenes and laughed at his imagination of the philosopher on cold nights around the fire, drinking and eating his fill after long bloody days. They are bothersome."Īlexander the Great laughed, amused at the clown's behavior.
"So, you did hear, but you did not come to greet me?" No, the hot air seems to be coming from your mouth, and not my ass." Did you not hear of the good news of my arrival to this city?" On my journey of conquest of this world, I have heard tales of you, a great philosopher, from my friends and lovers, and yet when I came to Corinth, you didn't come to greet me. Alexander the Great, conqueror, son of the King of the God Zeus and Queen Olympias of Macedon, brother of Arrhidaeus. "Who goes there, in this forsaken alley, who cares about smelling good?" He barked as the stink of Alexander the Great's Sunlight's way, for he saw Diogenes baking With his soldiers at his back, spears straight and armed,Īlexander the Great strolled down a forsaken alleyįilled with filth of men and beasts, and foundĭiogenes relaxing in an overturned barrel.Ī shaft of sunlight cut across between the two. Went to see the philosopher who did not greet him. Who took leisure in the suburb of Craneion,Īnd so out of curiosity, Alexander the Great
He is greeted by many of the great men of Corinth,Īlexander the Great did not see Diogenes, Alexander the Great comes to the City of Corith.
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