Mind-Benders of Greek & Roman History
Diogenes and Alexander the Great died in the same year
Diogenes the Cynic — who, when Alexander the Great offered to grant him any wish, is said to have asked only that the king step out of his sunlight — died in 323 BCE, the very same year as Alexander himself. One ancient tradition even holds they died on the same day, though scholars treat that as legend.
How we know
Diogenes of Sinope c. 412–323 BCE; Alexander the Great 356–323 BCE (d. June 323 BCE, Babylon). Same-day death is a tradition in Diogenes Laërtius, treated as legend.
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