Diodotus
historical figure · 7 works · 7 mentions · 14 anchored passages
Diodotus the Stoic · Diodotus, son of Eucrates · him · his brother · his father · the boy · this man
spoken of as
1 expressionDiodotus the Stoic2 mentions
Lucullus (Latin) · Tusculan Disputations (Latin)
what shall I do with Diodotus the Stoic, whom I heard from boyhood, who lives with me so many years, who dwells in my house, whom I both admire and love, who despises those Antiochean things?
in the texts
On the Choreutes
The boy chorister who died after drinking a potion during rehearsal training under the defendant's choregia; named as Diodotus in the text and identified by the accuser Philocrates as his brother.
and this is not the first time, I imagine, that she has caused a man’s death.
The prosecution swore that I was responsible for the death of Diodotus as having instigated the act which led to it;
Further, in making their charge, the prosecution invoke the principle that the responsibility rests with whoever told the boy to drink the poison, forced him to drink it, or gave it to him to drink.
Lucullus
Stoic philosopher who lived in Cicero's household and whom the speaker has known and admired since boyhood, cited to illustrate competing philosophical loyalties.
what shall I do with Diodotus the Stoic, whom I heard from boyhood, who lives with me so many years, who dwells in my house, whom I both admire and love, who despises those Antiochean things?
On the Nature of the Gods
One of Cicero's philosophical teachers.
and it was precisely when I seemed least engaged in it that I was most a philosopher — as is shown both by my speeches, which are full of the maxims of philosophers, and by my intimacy with the most learned men, in whom my house has always abounded, and by my having been trained by those eminent teachers, Diodotus, Philo, Antiochus, and Posidonius.
Tusculan Disputations
Stoic philosopher, blind, who lived in Cicero's household and continued teaching and philosophy
Diodotus the Stoic, blind, lived many years in our house.
To Antipater
A pupil and friend of Isocrates, praised as an eloquent, honest, useful, and frank counselor.
This experience Diodotus has met with in his relations with some of the potentates of Asia, to whom he had often been of service, not only in offering counsel, but also in venturing upon dangerous deeds;
That, then, is the reason why Diodotus, although from time to time he entertained the thought of presenting himself to you, hesitated to do so, not because he believed that all his superiors were alike, but because the difficulties which he had experienced with these rulers caused him to be rather faint-hearted with reference also to the hopes he placed in you.
Although it is dangerous for us here in Athens to send a letter to Macedonia, not only now when we are at war with you, but even in time of peace, nevertheless I have decided to write to you concerning Diodotus, as I think it only right to esteem highly all those who have been my pupils and who have shown themselves worthy disciples, and not the least among them this man both because of his devoti …
Isthmean
Father of the elder Strepsiades, who is addressed as 'son of Diodotus' in the war-elegy passage.
And you, son of Diodotus, emulating the warrior Meleager, emulating Hector and Amphiaraus, breathed out your blossoming youth in the front ranks, where the best men sustained the strife of war at the limit of their hopes.
History of the Peloponnesian War
Athenian speaker who argues against Cleon, urging that only the ringleaders be punished and that expediency, not vengeance, should guide policy toward revolted allies.
But I am of opinion that we are deliberating for the future, rather than the present;
For this is both profitable for the future, and terrible to your enemies at the present moment;
and if we take the city, to recover it in a ruined condition, and be deprived of the revenue from it in future?