# Diogenes of Apollonia

> A fifth-century BC Greek philosopher who declared air the origin of everything — divine, intelligent, the raw stuff from which all matter sprang — and then got mocked for it onstage by Aristophanes.

*5th-century BC Greek philosopher*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/diogenes-of-apollonia

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** -460
- **Died:** -500
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Diogenes came from Apollonia, a Milesian colony in Thrace, and spent time in Athens during the fifth century BC. He argued that air was the single primal substance underlying existence, both the source of all other materials and a conscious, divine force animating the cosmos. He also produced an account of how blood vessels were arranged in the human body. The comic playwright Aristophanes parodied his theories in performance, ensuring a kind of fame by ridicule. His ideas may have shaped the Orphic commentary later preserved in the Derveni papyrus. None of his philosophical writings survived intact; what remains comes through long excerpts quoted by Simplicius and brief summaries in Aristotle, Theophrastus, and Aetius.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.2 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 23.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Topics
#Academics, #Academic, #Philosophy, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_of_Apollonia)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191964)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Diogenes%20of%20Apollonia)
- [ديوجانس الابولونى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89)
- [Дыяген Апаланійскі](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96)
- [Диоген Аполонийски](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8)
- [Diogen Apolonjanin](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogen_Apolonjanin)
- [Diògenes d'Apol·lònia](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di%C3%B2genes_d'Apol%C2%B7l%C3%B2nia)
- [Díogenés z Apollónie](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%ADogen%C3%A9s_z_Apoll%C3%B3nie)
- [Diogenes von Apollonia](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_von_Apollonia)
- [Διογένης ο Απολλωνιάτης](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%91%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BB%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82)
- [Diogeno de Apollonia](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogeno_de_Apollonia)
- [Diógenes de Apolonia](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di%C3%B3genes_de_Apolonia)
- [Diogenes Apolloniast](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_Apolloniast)
- [Diogenes Apoloniakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_Apoloniakoa)
- [دیوژن آپولونی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%98%D9%86_%D8%A2%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C)
- [Diogenes Apollonialainen](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_Apollonialainen)
- [Diogène d'Apollonie](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diog%C3%A8ne_d'Apollonie)
- [Dióxenes de Apolonia](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di%C3%B3xenes_de_Apolonia)
- [Diogen Apolonjanin](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogen_Apolonjanin)
- [Apollóniai Diogenész](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoll%C3%B3niai_Diogen%C3%A9sz)
- [Diogenes dari Apollonia](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_dari_Apollonia)
- [Díogenes frá Apolloníu](https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%ADogenes_fr%C3%A1_Apollon%C3%ADu)
- [Diogene di Apollonia](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogene_di_Apollonia)
- [ディオゲネス (アポロニア)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B2%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9_(%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9D%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2))
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Diogene_di_Apollonia)
- [Wikiquote](https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Di%C3%B3genes_de_Apol%C3%B4nia)
- [דיוגנס מאפולוניה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99%D7%95%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%A1_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94)
- [ديوجانس الأبولوني](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A)

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