11 Facts About Demonax

Demonax taught Lucian, who wrote a Life of Demonax in praise of his teacher.

Only source known for the life of Demonax is Lucian, who describes Demonax in glowing terms, in contrast to the disreputable Cynics whom Lucian reviled.

Demonax is mentioned in the 5th century by Eunapius, but only because he knows of him from Lucian's work.

Demonax was born c 70 AD, in Cyprus, where he belonged to an influential family.

Demonax was led by a love of philosophy to become a philosopher.

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Demonax was taught by the best philosophers of the day, including Agathobulus, Demetrius, and Epictetus.

Demonax eventually moved to Athens, where he seems initially to have offended the citizens, but eventually he came to be regarded with reverence for his resolute character:.

Demonax took independence and candour for his guiding principles, lived himself an upright, wholesome, irreproachable life, and exhibited to all who saw or heard him the model of his own disposition and philosophic sincerity.

Demonax is described as a peace-maker, able to bring harmony between husband and wife, and to solve disputes between brothers.

Demonax apparently lived to be nearly a hundred, by which time the Athenians loved him dearly:.

Demonax is a genus of longicorn beetles, characterised in part by possessing several spines on their antennae.