Diogenes Dombey and Son is called Diogenes. Alexander's meeting with Diogenes is portrayed in Valerio Manfredi's "(Alexander Trilogy) "The Ends of the Earth"". William S. Burroughs has been described as "Diogenes with a knife and gun." The many allusions to dogs in Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens" are references to the school of Cynicism that could be interpreted as suggesting a parallel between the misanthropic hermit, Timon, and Diogenes; but Shakespeare would have had access to Michel de Montaigne's essay, "Of Democritus and Heraclitus", which emphasised their differences: Timon actively wishes men ill and shuns them as dangerous, whereas Diogenes esteems them
Diogenes Club series in the Bram Stoker novel of the same name. Several of the Diogenes Club characters, as well as the club itself, appear in Newman's "Anno Dracula" novels, however these are different versions of the same characters living in a very different world, one overrun with vampires since Dracula's conquest of Great Britain. Published in 2006, this collection deals with the Club's exploits during the 1960s and 1970s, with the exception of "Swellhead", which is set in the modern day. The stories in this collection focus on 'Most Valued Member' Richard Jeperson, who is notable for his flamboyant dress sense and