Epicureans Of The Past
Discussion about historical figures who identified themselves as Epicureans or who contributed as uncompromising supporters of the Epicurean School of Philosophy. It is arranged in approximate chronological order.
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DonSeptember 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Teacher of Virgil. (also Syro, Siron, or Syron; fl. c. 50 BC) Siro was an Epicurean philosopher who lived in Naples.
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Forum for general discussion of Philodemus
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CassiusMarch 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Patron of Philodemus, Owner of the villa of the paypri, and father-in-law of Julius Caesar
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This subforum is for discussion of the details of Lucretius' life. Discussion of his "De Rerum Natura" poem has its own section of the forum.
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"Celsus"
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The quotes are present because there is significant question as to whether the author of "The True Word" was an Epicurean or not. See the Wikipedia article for the possibility that Celsus the friend of Lucian was not the Celsus who wrote "The True Word" - given that the religious positions taken in "The True Word" do not appear consistent with Epicurean religious viewpoints.
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CharlesMay 25, 2020 at 7:34 PM
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This subforum is for discussion of the life of Frances Wright. Her book "A Few Days In Athens" has its own forum.
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This forum is for discussion of figures from history or literature about whom relatively little is known.
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BryanApril 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Finding Things At EpicureanFriends.com
Here is a list of suggested search strategies:
- Website Overview page - clickable links arrranged by cards.
- Forum Main Page - list of forums and subforums arranged by topic. Threads are posted according to relevant topics. The "Uncategorized subforum" contains threads which do not fall into any existing topic (also contains older "unfiled" threads which will soon be moved).
- Search Tool - icon is located on the top right of every page. Note that the search box asks you what section of the forum you'd like to search. If you don't know, select "Everywhere."
- Search By Key Tags - curated to show frequently-searched topics.
- Full Tag List - an alphabetical list of all tags.