ABSTRACT
We know very few things about the thought of Xeniades of Corinth. But we do know that Democritus ‘refers to him’ (Sext. Emp. M. 7.53), which simultaneously gives us a terminus ante quem for dating him approximately and a good reason for us to be interested in him today. Sextus Empiricus, who mentions him seven times,2 is the only writer who informs us of Xeniades’ philosophical views. Diogenes Laertius also speaks of a Xeniades of Corinth who bought a rather unusual slave, Diogenes the Cynic, and found it to be well worth it (6.30, 31, 36, 74, 82). It is plausible that the same person is at issue, but it is not certain.3
