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I'm Alexander the Great. And I'm Diogenes the Dog.

Diogenes, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6

The source

"I'm Alexander the Great. And I'm Diogenes the Dog." Diogenes said it in Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6. Translated by C. D. Yonge, 1853.

"I am Alexander, the great king. And I, said he, am Diogenes the dog"

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 "I'm Alexander the Great. And I'm Diogenes the Dog."?
Diogenes (c. 412–323 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6.
What is the original wording?
I am Alexander, the great king. And I, said he, am Diogenes the dog (C. D. Yonge, 1853). Translated by C. D. Yonge, 1853.

Filed under Character.

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