One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six. Counting with Demosthenes and Diogenes of Oenoanda

Abstract

This article focuses on a well-known passage from the proem to the Epicurean inscription of Diogenes of Oenoanda. Diogenes' notorious counting from one to six in fr. 3, iii 5-iv 3 recalls a passage from Demosthenes' De corona (18, 310), and as such throws new light on Diogenes' general education, on his familiarity with the rhetorical tradition, and on his attitude towards the 'Second Sophistic'.status: publishe