Diagoras of Melos
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Diagoras of Melos or Diagoras "the Atheist" was a Greek poet and sophist of the 5th century BC. Throughout antiquity, he was regarded as an atheist, but very little is known for certain about what he
Diagoras of Melos depicted in the 16th century painting The School of Athens by Raphael.
Pencil illustration drawn between 2018 and 2020 representing the artist's interpretation of the legend of Diagoras of Melos burning the statue of Herakles
Siege of Melos
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The siege of Melos occurred in 416 BC, during the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, when the Athenians attacked Melos, an island in the Aegean Sea roughly 110 kilometres east of mainland Gr
Diagoras of Melos
…Cyclades. According to the Suda, he was a disciple of Democritus after Democritus had paid 10,000 drachmas to free Diagoras from captivity following the cruel subjugation of Melos (416 BC); however no early sources mention an association with Democritus. The Suda also states that in his youth Diagoras had acquired some reputation…
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