Alexander and Diogenes

Everyone bowed to Alexander except the cynic philosopher Diogenes, who lived in a tub, wore one rough cloak, and drank from his palm after seeing a child do so. He once wandered with a lantern, "looking for an honest man." Alexander visited him at the Temple of Ceres. Diogenes lay in the sun, giving surly answers. "I am Alexander the king!" "I am Diogenes the cynic!" Alexander asked if he could do anything for him. "Yes—stand out of my sunshine!" Courtiers were shocked; Alexander said, "If I were not Alexander, I should like to be Diogenes." Strangely, both died the same night from excess—Diogenes from a raw ox leg, Alexander from banquet feasting.