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Epicurus

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Cassius October 10, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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Metrodorus

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Bryan November 21, 2023 at 11:51 PM
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Don May 19, 2022 at 2:14 PM

Hermarchus

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Don June 26, 2024 at 8:11 AM
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Polyaenus

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Cassius November 20, 2023 at 3:02 PM
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Cassius August 9, 2020 at 5:10 AM

Polystratus

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Bryan January 25, 2024 at 4:21 PM

Dionysus of Lamptrai

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Cassius November 20, 2023 at 3:05 PM

Zeno of Sidon

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Joshua June 6, 2024 at 12:14 AM
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Bryan January 30, 2024 at 6:24 PM

Colotes of Lampsacus

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Cassius November 20, 2023 at 3:06 PM

Philonides of Laodicea

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Bryan April 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Leontion

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Pacatus March 20, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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Cassius August 6, 2020 at 12:03 PM

Antiochus Epiphanes

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Diogenes of Oinoanda

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Cassius November 20, 2023 at 3:12 PM
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Kalosyni September 1, 2023 at 8:50 AM

Lucian of Samosata

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Bryan March 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM

Lucius Manlius Torquatus

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Titus Pomponius Atticus

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Siro of Naples

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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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Philodemus of Gadara

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Lucius Calpurnius Piso

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Patron of Philodemus, Owner of the villa of the paypri, and father-in-law of Julius Caesar
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Cassius November 20, 2023 at 3:22 PM
Lucius Calpurnius Piso
Kalosyni August 20, 2023 at 1:50 PM

Gaius Cassius Longinus

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Don May 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)

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Don December 8, 2023 at 7:00 AM
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Titus Lucretius Carus

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Lucretius' Appearance - Research into What He Looked Like
Remus June 23, 2024 at 1:36 PM
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Cassius November 20, 2023 at 3:33 PM

Rabirius

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Cassius November 20, 2023 at 3:35 PM

Catius Insuber

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Cassius November 20, 2023 at 3:37 PM

Gaius Velleius

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Joshua November 20, 2023 at 9:24 PM

Demetrius Lacon

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Eikadistes January 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM

Pompeia Plotina

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Empress Pompeia Plotina - Main Biography
Cassius November 22, 2023 at 7:12 AM
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Cassius October 27, 2020 at 7:26 AM

Leontius and Themista of Lampsacus

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Bryan May 22, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Themista of Lampsacus
Don April 16, 2023 at 7:12 AM

Atticus (Titus Pomponius)

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Cornelius Nepos' "Life of Atticus"
Cassius September 23, 2020 at 3:51 AM
Article - "Was Atticus An Epicurean?" [Gilbert]
Cassius March 11, 2020 at 8:00 AM

Phaedrus

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Cassius September 22, 2020 at 2:31 PM

Gaius Julius Caesar

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Caesar The Epicurean? A Matter of Life and Death - Volk 2022
Cassius January 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Epicurean Aspects of The Cataline Conspiracy And "Megalopolis"?
Cassius May 18, 2024 at 12:21 PM

Lorenzo Valla

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Lorenzo Valla in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum
Joshua March 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
On Pleasure / On The True and The False Good - Lorenzo Valla
Cassius August 14, 2020 at 2:20 PM

"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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Cassius August 23, 2023 at 5:22 PM

Julien Offray de la Mettrie

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Julien Offray de la Mettrie in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum
Joshua March 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"D'Argens 'Sacrifices' Le Mettrie" - A posthumous attack on La Mettrie's Epicureanism
Charles May 25, 2020 at 7:34 PM

Cosma Raimondi

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Cosma Raimondi's Letter to Ambrogio Tignosi
TauPhi April 22, 2024 at 9:09 PM

Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson's Epicurean Outline
Cassius March 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The Long Neglect of William Short
Cassius January 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM

Frances Wright

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Frances Wright
Cassius October 22, 2023 at 8:23 PM
Research Assistance on Frances Wright
Cassius April 19, 2022 at 9:13 AM

Search and Identification of Past Epicureans, Real or Fictional

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Early Epicurean Community - Listing of Known Epicureans Thoughout History
Bryan April 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Did the Ancient Epicureans Travel in Pairs?
Don March 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM

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