DIAGORAS, ſurnamed the Attheiſt, lived in the 91ſt Olympiad. He was not a native of Athens, but he philoſophiſed there. He delighted in making verſes, and had compoſed a poem which a certain poet ſtole from him. He ſued the thief, who ſwore it was his own, and got glory by it. This tempted Diagoras to deny a Providence. The Athenians ſummoned him to give an account of his doctrine. He fled, and they ſet a price upon his head, promiſing a reward to any who ſhould kill him; but he took ſhipping, and was caſt away.