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This may seem a frivolous topic in times of war like these...yet consider the cynics (Greek: kunos/ English: dog), perhaps the most acclaimed in ancient Athens being Diogenes of Sinope (d. 114 Olympiad, c. 320 BCE) noted, among other famous deeds, for rolling a hoop down the road with a stick during time of war, 'so as not to appear idle'...