Nor is there any mention of a
Cynical life or of poverty. Ac-
cording to Diog. 5, Plut. and Sen.,
however, he had lost his property
nearly altogether. According to
Sen. Consol. ad Helv. 12, 5, he
bad no slave. Had he been well
to do, he would hardly have ac-
cepted the presents of Antigonus.
> Conf. Diog. 13; 16; 24; 26;
Athen.; Suid.; Clem. Strom. 413,
a. It is mentioned as a pe-
euliarity of Zeno, that he avoided
all noise and popular display
(Diog. 14); that, though generally
grave, he relaxed over the wine;
and that ho was very fond of epi-
grams. He is said to have car-
ried his parsimuniousness too far


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with the city of Athens in showing his appreciation
of so estimable a philosopher.! Although lacking
smoothness of style and using a language far from
pure,” Zeno had nevertheless an extensive following.
By a life of singular moderation he reached an ad-
vanced age untouched by disease, although he natu-
rally enjoyed neither robust health nor an attractive
person.? A slight injury having at length befallen
him, which he regarded as a work of destiny, he put
an end to his own life.* His numerous writings® have


(Ding. 16). He bore the loss of
his property with the greatest
composure (Diog.3; Plut.1; Sen.).
1 Antigonus (conf. Athen. xiil.
603, ὁ; Arrian, Diss. Epict. ii.
13, 14; Simpl. in Epict. Enchir.
