Diogenes lived in a large ceramic jar or pithos, because he rejected houses, and looked like an ascetic because he refused clothing. He hailed from Sinope in the Black Sea, but lived as a beggar in Athens. In the marketplace there, where people traded, shared information, or just met one another, Diogenes would mock the law, beliefs and customs with his sharp words; he provoked people into debate.

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