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    2. Philodemus on the Therapy of Vice - Tsouna Article

      • Kalosyni
      • April 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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    2. Against Heracleodorus 2

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      • February 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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    2. Discussion on Philodemus Fragments 19

      • Kalosyni
      • February 20, 2024 at 9:35 AM
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    2. Philodemus On the Senses 8

      • Bryan
      • January 30, 2024 at 12:01 AM
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    2. Philodemus' Poetry 17

      • Pacatus
      • October 26, 2022 at 6:45 PM
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      • January 27, 2024 at 3:32 PM
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    2. What Do We Know About Caecilius Statius? 4

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    4. Eikadistes

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    2. Philodemus "exempli gratia" of the scrolls

      • Kalosyni
      • August 19, 2023 at 5:18 PM
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    2. New Interview on the work on the scrolls 4

      • AaronSF
      • August 16, 2023 at 4:52 AM
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      • August 16, 2023 at 10:06 AM
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      August 16, 2023 at 10:06 AM

    2. Major effort to read the the Herculaneum Papyri. 6

      • Cleveland Okie
      • June 18, 2023 at 5:02 PM
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    2. Herculaneum / Philodemus Thoughts From Elli

      • Cassius
      • May 25, 2023 at 9:03 AM
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    2. Epicurean Symbolism in Herculaneum Art - Something To Track Down 24

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      • August 26, 2021 at 9:57 PM
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      • May 16, 2023 at 5:48 PM
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    2. Podcast episode on Herculaneum archeology and technology involved in attempting to read the scrolls 2

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      • April 3, 2021 at 4:21 PM
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    2. Buried by Vesuvius exhibit 7

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      • July 30, 2019 at 1:44 AM
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    2. Is All Desire Painful? How Would Epicurus Answer? 16

      • Cassius
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    2. Names of Bits of Reality 4

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    2. ⟐ as the symbol of the philosophy of Epicurus 15

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    2. Why pursue unnecessary desires? 74

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