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ΕΥΦΟΣΥΝΗΝ ΕΙΚΑΔΑ! Euphrosynen Eikada! (I wish you) A Merry 20th! (I think I got the grammar right ) As an aside, I always like to go back to Philodemus's epigram inviting Piso to the 20th celebration in Herculaneum on this day: αὔριον εἰς λιτήν σε καλιάδα, φίλτατε Πείσων, ἐξ ἐνάτης ἕλκει μουσοφιλὴς ἕταρος, εἰκάδα δειπνίζων ἐνιαύσιον: εἰ δ᾽ ἀπολείψεις οὔθατα καὶ Βρομίου χιογενῆ πρόποσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἑτάρους ὄψει παναληθέας, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπακούσῃ Φαιήκων γαίης πουλὺ μελιχρότερα: ἢν δέ ποτε στρέψῃς καὶ ἐς ἡμέας ὄ…

Trivia: May 20 is World Bee Day https://edition.cnn.com/2023/0…six-things-scn/index.html which dovetails nicely with the Philodemus poem since it includes the great little word: μελιχρότερα (melichrotera) "honey-sweetened" (from μελι "honey")

(Quote from Cassius) You left off the first E on ΕΥΦΡΟΣΥΝΗΝ on your Facebook post. That makes it misspelled over there

(Quote from Don) You also misspelled Epixureanfriends.com at the Facebook post PS. Oh! and the copied post on Facebook is truncated.. it ends with Philo which should have been Philodemus. It's missing all of: (Quote) It might have been better just to put the beginning and then a link. I'm flattered that you liked the post, Cassius , but that Facebook re-post is a mess!

Just to be clear, Philodemus's invitation was addressed to his patron, owner of the "Villa of the Papyri" in Herculaneum, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (101 BC – c. 43 BC). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…nsul_58_BC%29?wprov=sfla1 There is some debate of whether Piso himself was Epicurean or not. I find it persuasive that he was since Philodemus used 'ΕΤΑΡΟΣ in line 2 to refer to Piso. The word means not just friend in ancient Greek but "comrade, companion, follower of a chief 'comrade in arm…