Biographical dossier

Diogenes

Diogenes is classified in the historical people index as PHILOSOPHER. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:person:person:wd:Q59180
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q59180
Wikidata ID
Q59180
Occupation class
PHILOSOPHER
Life span
404 BC–322 BC
Birth anchor
Sinop, Turkey (404 BC)
Death anchor
Corinth (322 BC)
HPI
86.1038580707577

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between 404 BC and 322 BC. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Sinop, Turkey (404 BC). Death: Corinth (322 BC).

Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.

Historical role

The source assigns the broad occupation class PHILOSOPHER. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.

Source and identity method

Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 10.623692020273769.

Research questions

  1. Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
  2. Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
  3. How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
  4. Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?