9/7/2023 0 Comments Diogenes meets alexander![]() ![]() Thou dost speak vainly in contempt of a power which no other man ever yet arrived at. I know thou art able, if I had one, to take it from me and I shall never place any value on that which such as thou art can deprive me of.Īlex. Dost thou not know that I am able to give thee a kingdom?ĭiog. Thou hast a very shallow opinion of my power, indeed and if it was a just one, I should have travelled so far, undergone so much, and conquered so many nations, to a fine purpose truly.Īlex. Why then, Alexander the Great, I desire thee to stand from between me and the sun whose beams thou hast withheld from me some time, a blessing which it is not in thy power to recompense the loss of.Īlex. ![]() I have heard of thy name, and been long desirous of seeing thee in which wish, since fortune hath accidentally favoured me, I shall be glad of thy conversation a while: and that thou likewise mayest be pleased with our meeting, ask me some favour and as thou knowest my power, so shalt thou experience my will to oblige thee.ĭiog. I am not ashamed of it: I am called Diogenes: a name composed of as many and as well-sounding syllables as Alexander.Īlex. Thou art an odd fellow, and I have a curiosity to know thy name.ĭiog. Who? why the tailor who made me this old cloke.Īlex. ![]() And who can more justly challenge thy respect, than Alexander, at the head of that victorious army, who hath performed such wonderful exploits, and, under his conduct, hath subdued the world?ĭiog. I cannot say I do: but by the number of thy attendants, by the splendour of thy habit but, above all, by the vanity of thy appearance, and the arrogance of thy speech, I conceive thou mayst be Alexander the son of Philip.Īlex. WHAT fellow art thou, who darest thus to lie at thy ease in our presence, when all others, as thou seest, rise to do us homage? dost thou not know us?ĭiog. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |