Diogenes
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Diogenes, also known as Diogenes the Cynic or Diogenes of Sinope, was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism. He was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea coast of Anatolia, in 412 or 404 BC and died at Corinth in 323 BC.
Diogenes Sitting in His Tub by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1860)
Diogenes searching for a Man, to G. B. Castiglione (c. 1645 - 1655), in the Prado Museum
Plato and Diogenes (17th century) by Mattia Preti
Pithos
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Pithos is the Greek name of a large storage container. The term in English is applied to such containers used among the civilizations that bordered the Mediterranean Sea in the Neolithic, the Bronze Age and the succeeding Iron Age. Pithoi were used for bulk storage, primarily for fluids and grains; they were comparable to the drums, barrels and casks of recent times. The name was different in other languages; for instance, the Hittites used harsi-.
Image: Pithoi in Knossos
A smaller pithos, probably not semi-subterranean, as the decorative bands cover the entire body. There is a rope decoration around the neck; however, the body features distributed fasteners for handling via a rope harness.
Uluburun ship pithos and other artifacts