[Verginius Rufus]

The bright star Procyon ("before the dog") is so called because it rises before Sirius, the Dog Star.

Diogenes claimed that his father adulterated the coinage. I have seen coins of Sinope which have the first few letters of Diogenes' father's name (showing they were minted while he was in charge of the mint) and they are perfectly normal coins. So Diogenes may have just made that up.

[frank ballenger]

Interesting. Good story for these dog days of summer.