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The Athenians accused him of impiety, and he fled the city. He died in Corinth.<ref>[http://www.definitions.net/definition/DIAGORAS%20OF%20MELOS Diagoras of Melos]</ref>
The Athenians accused him of impiety, and he fled the city. He died in Corinth.<ref>[http://www.definitions.net/definition/DIAGORAS%20OF%20MELOS Diagoras of Melos]</ref>
The author Stefan Stenudd writes about Diagoras of Melos:
{{Cquote|[[Cicero]] also tells of how a friend of Diagoras tried to convince him of the existence of the gods, by pointing out how many votive pictures tell about people being saved from storms at sea by "dint of vows to the gods", to which Diagoras replied that "there are nowhere any pictures of those who have been shipwrecked and drowned at sea." And Cicero goes on to give another example, where Diagoras was on a ship in hard weather, and the crew thought that they had brought it on themselves by taking this ungodly man onboard. He then wondered if the other boats out in the same storm also had a Diagoras onboard.<ref>[http://www.stenudd.com/greekphilosophers/diagoras.htm Diagoras of Melos] by Stefan Stenudd</ref>}}
== Diagoras of Melos and his poetry ==
''See also:'' [[Atheism and poetry]]
According to the book ''Greek Lyric Poetry: A Complete Collection of the Surviving Passages from the Greek Song-writers'' by George Stanley Farnell, "His position as a poet seems to be one of little prominence, and he probably abandoned his art for philosophical speculation."<ref>''Greek Lyric Poetry: A Complete Collection of the Surviving Passages from the Greek Song-writers'' by George Stanley Farnell, page 269</ref> See also: [[Atheist poetry|Atheism and poetry]].
According to the book ''Greek Lyric Poetry: A Complete Collection of the Surviving Passages from the Greek Song-writers'' by George Stanley Farnell, "His position as a poet seems to be one of little prominence, and he probably abandoned his art for philosophical speculation."<ref>''Greek Lyric Poetry: A Complete Collection of the Surviving Passages from the Greek Song-writers'' by George Stanley Farnell, page 269</ref> See also: [[Atheist poetry|Atheism and poetry]].