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204 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter A
   22) mentions an Antisthenes who wrote a work called Meleagris, of which the third book is quoted; and Pliny (H. N. xxxvi. 12) speaks of a person of the same name, who wrote on the pyramids; but whether they are the same person as the Rhodian, or two distinct writers, or the Ephesian Antisthenes mentioned by Diogenes Laërtius (vi. 19), cannot be decided. (28.68)

2. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter P
   Others again accused him of having borrowed the form and substance of his doctrine from earlier philosophers, as Aristippus, Antisthenes (Theopomp. (16.76)

3. James Adam, The Republic of Plato book 5, section 476D
   But we must be careful to note that Plato, even if we allow that Antisthenes is in his mind, does not refer to Antisthenes alone; he merely individualizes the type in him. (16.63)

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1 from Renaissance Materials

1. Thomas Wilson, Wilson's Arte of Rhetorique (ed. G. H. Mair) section Book 2, subsection Of deliting the hearers, and stirring them to laughter.
   heard Antisthenes make such a long Oration, that hee starke wearied al his hearers, phy for shame man (quoth he) doest thou not knowe, that the measuring of an Oration standeth not in the speaker, but in the hearers. (2.94)

1 from American Memory: Chesapeake Bay

1. Stephen Collins, The autobiography of Stephen Collins, M.D page 177
   The philosophy of Antisthenes, which sought to correct the appetites and passions, was more sound than that of Diogenes, which aimed wholly to subdue them. (3.02)