Now, at the time that Alexander the Great ascended to the throne, there was an unusual man named Diogenes of Sinope living in the city of Corinth. This Diogenes had developed some notoriety throughout Greece for his amusing witticisms and his memorably outlandish behavior as a cynic — a controversial class of philosopher who chose to live like a street dog and lob criticisms at all social conventions, and especially the pursuit of power and wealth. It was here where Alexander and Diogenes met for the first and only time.