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Diagoras may refer to: *Diagoras of Melos – an Atheist philosopher and poet (5th century BC) *Diagoras of Rhodes – a boxer (5th century BC) *Diagoras – a Greek physician quoted in Natural History (Pliny), ''Natural History'' of Pliny *Diagoras F.C. – football club named after Diagoras of Rhodes *Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras" *Mr Diagoras, a character from the British science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' who became the human part of Dalek Sec, a Dalek-human hybrid *Doctor Diagoras, one of the mad scientists of Stanisław Lem *''Diagoras ephialtes'' - a species of stick insect in the subfamily Platycraninae {{disambig ...
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Diagoras Of Melos
Diagoras "the Atheist" of Melos ( el, Διαγόρας ὁ Μήλιος) 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 actually believed. Anecdotes about his life indicate that he spoke out against ancient Greek religion. He allegedly chopped up a wooden statue of Heracles and used it to roast his lentils and revealed the secrets of the Eleusinian Mysteries. The Athenians accused him of ''asebeia'' (impiety) and banished him from their city. He died in Corinth. Life Diagoras was the son of Telecleides or Teleclytus, and was born in the island of Melos, one of the 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 ...
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