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Ideas of Stilpo, by Text

[Greek, 380 - 330 BCE, Third Head of the Megarian school. Taught Zeno of Citium.]

330BCE

fragments/reports

	p.101	3029	Stilpo said if Athena is a daughter of Zeus, then a statue is only the child of a sculptor, and so is not a god
			Full Idea: Stilpo asked a man whether Athena is the daughter of Zeus, and when he said yes, said,"But this statue of Athena by Phidias is the child of Phidias, so it is not a god."
			From: report of Stilpo (fragments/reports [c.330 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 02.10.5