"A primeira pergunta que Diógenes fez a Alexandre é a primeira pergunta que qualquer pessoa inteligente deve fazer a si própria. Diógenes não desperdiçou um único momento. – Alexandre, estás a tentar conquistar o mundo inteiro. Então e tu? Terás tempo suficiente, depois de conquistares o mundo, para te conheceres a ti próprio? Tens certezas sobre o amanhã ou sobre o próximo momento? Alexandre nunca tinha conhecido um homem assim. Ele já tinha vencido grandes reis e imperadores, mas percebeu que Diógenes era um homem muito poderoso. Baixando os olhos, Alexandre respondeu: – Não te posso dizer que esteja certo sobre o momento seguinte. Mas posso prometer-te uma coisa: quando tiver conquistado o mundo, vou desejar descansar e viver uma vida calma, tal como tu. Diógenes estava a gozar um banho de sol matinal junto a um rio, rodeado por bonitas árvores. Ele riu-se… por vezes penso que o seu riso ainda deve continuar a ecoar. Pessoas como Diógenes pertencem à eternidade. As suas assinaturas não são feitas na água. Alexandre sentiu-se ofendido e perguntou-lhe porque se estava a rir. – É muito simples! – respondeu Diógenes. – Se eu posso descansar e viver uma vida calma sem ter conquistado o mundo, o que te impede a ti de fazer o mesmo? O rio é grande e eu não tenho qualquer objeção a fazer. Podes ocupar o lugar que quiseres – mesmo que queiras o meu lugar, eu posso mudar de sítio. Descansa agora, se desejas descansar. Descansa agora. Agora ou nunca. O que Diógenes dizia era absolutamente verdade, mas, para um homem que se encontrava a fazer uma viagem do ego, isso era demasiado óbvio, demasiado simples. Ficar a descansar na margem do rio não alimenta o ego. O que é que se conseguiu dominar? O que é que se conquistou?" Osho, in "Acreditar no Impossível"

Busto estava esquecido no Museu Arqueológico de Veroia, na Grécia, e não foi reconhecido inicialmente por arqueólogos

Throughout human history, I stand unparalleled, a young prince from Macedonia who toppled the largest empire of the day. As I sack Persepolis and sit atop the throne of King Darius, I look to the mysterious regions of the Hindu Kush and beyond call my name. I will see how far the world goes, for

Lysippos was a Greek sculptor of the 4th century BC. Together with Scopas and Praxiteles, he is considered one of the three greatest sculptors of the Classical Greek era, bringing transition into the Hellenistic period. Problems confront the study of Lysippos because of the difficulty of identifying his style among the copies which survive. Not only did he have a large workshop and a large number of disciples in his immediate circle, but there is understood to have been a market for replicas of his work, supplied from outside his circle, both in his lifetime and later in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The Victorious Youth or Getty bronze, which resurfaced around 1972, has been associated with him. Born at Sicyon around 390 BC, Lysippos was a worker in bronze in his youth. He taught himself the art of sculpture, later becoming head of the school of Argos and Sicyon. According to Pliny, he produced more than 1,500 works. Commentators noted his grace and elegance, and the symmetria, or coherent balance, of his figures, which were leaner than the ideal represented by Polykleitos and with proportionately smaller heads, giving them the impression of greater height. He was famous for his attention to the details of eyelids and toenails. His pupil, Chares of Lindos, constructed the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. As this statue does not exist today, debate continues as to whether its sections were cast in bronze or hammered of sheer bronze. Hermes of Atalante, a Roman marble copy of a lost bronze attributed to Lysippos (National Archaeological Museum of Athens) Lysippos was successor in contemporary repute to the famous sculptor Polykleitos. Among the works attributed to him are the so-called Horses of Saint Mark, Eros Stringing the Bow (of which various copies exist, the best in the British Museum), Agias (known through the marble copy found and preserved in Delphi), the similar Oil Pourer (Dresden and Munich), the Farnese Hercules (which was originally placed in the Baths of Caracalla, although the surviving marble copy lies in the Naples National Archaeological Museum) and Apoxyomenos (or The Scraper, known from a Roman marble copy in the Vatican Museums). Lysippos was also famous for his bronze sculptures of Zeus and Herakles. The only remaining version of one such statue is a Roman copy of The Weary Herakles (Farnese Hercules), by Glykon, [4] with heavy musculature typical of early third century Rome. Alexander the great Alexander the great Aristotle Athlete with a scraper (Apoxyomenos) Eros bending his bow Head of heracles Hercules at rest Hercules at rest (detail) Hermes of Atalante Hermes Mercury (Hermes) Resting Hermes, youthful wonder Silenus & the child Dionysus Silenus and infant Dionysus (Bacchus) Socrates The Boxer The Man Scraping Himself (Apoxyomenos) The Victorious Youth Torso of Hercules Resting