# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/diogenes-of-tarsus
# Generated: 2026-08-16T08:50:46.957Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/diogenes-of-tarsus"
name: "Diogenes of Tarsus"
slug: "diogenes-of-tarsus"
description: "Diogenes of Tarsus was an Epicurean philosopher, who is described by Strabo as a person clever in composing improvised tragedies. He was the author of several works, which, however, are lost. Among them are:Select lectures, which was probably a collection of essays and dissertations.\nEpitome of Epicurus’ ethical doctrines, of which Diogenes Laërtius quotes the 12th book.\nOn poetical problems, poetical problems which he endeavoured to solve, and which seem to have had special reference to the Homeric poems."
tagline: "Greek philosopher"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-200"
deathDate: "-160"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.15
  momentum:             5.963218390804599
  historical:           7.204248
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_av_Tarsus"
    title: "Diogenes av Tarsus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di%C3%B2genes_de_Tars"
    title: "Diògenes de Tars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_von_Tarsos"
    title: "Diogenes von Tarsos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_of_Tarsus"
    title: "Diogenes of Tarsus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_Tarsoslainen"
    title: "Diogenes Tarsoslainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diog%C3%A8ne_de_Tarse"
    title: "Diogène de Tarse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogene_di_Tarso"
    title: "Diogene di Tarso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0"
    title: "Диоген из Тарса"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1226828"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump