Diogenes, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6
The source
"Get out of my sun." Diogenes said it in Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6. Translated by C. D. Yonge, 1853.
"Alexander ... said to him: Ask any favor you choose of me. And he replied: Cease to shade me from the sun"C. D. Yonge, 1853, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6. Anecdote reported by Diogenes Laertius (3rd century AD).
Who said it
Diogenes (c. 412–323 BC). The Cynic who lived in a jar in Athens and told Alexander the Great to get out of his sun.
Questions
- Who said "Get out of my sun."?
- Diogenes (c. 412–323 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6.
- What is the original wording?
- Alexander ... said to him: Ask any favor you choose of me. And he replied: Cease to shade me from the sun (C. D. Yonge, 1853). Translated by C. D. Yonge, 1853.
- Is "Get out of my sun." on a shirt?
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