The "Leaping Pig" from Herculaneum (& modern iterations)

Kalosyni · April 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM New

"Pleasantly Happy Pig" (made with clip art from Canva).

Rolf · April 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM New

No leaping pig on this one, but decided to try another interpretation of an Epicurean flag, this time featuring the vessel of pleasure and pain.

Don · April 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM New

If you wanted to be cryptic, replace the E with a ēta Η for ΗΔΟΝΗ (hēdonē) "pleasure" ηδονή

vlasalv · April 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM New

I like flags. Here is a suggestion from ChatGPT of an Epicurean flag:

Background: Sage green, embodying nature, tranquility, and balance.
Central Emblem: A white oil lamp silhouette, its gentle shape evoking steady, moderate pleasure (ataraxia & aponia).
Olive Wreath: A thin white circle of olive leaves, symbolising the Garden (Kēpos), community, and natural living.
Four Pebbles: Four small white dots at the north, east, south, and west, representing the Tetrapharmakos (“four‑part cure”).

That, by the way, remembers me of a ground-level Zoroastrian Love of Wisdom (the sacred fire.)

sanantoniogarden · April 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM New

An attempt *used chatgpt

Don · April 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM New

Quote from vlasalv

I like flags. Here is a suggestion from ChatGPT of an Epicurean flag:

Hurrah for Vexillology!!

I like the design , but it reminds me of the Unitarian Universalists:

Eikadistes · April 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM New

Quote from Don

Hurrah for Vexillology!!
I like the design , but it reminds me of the Unitarian Universalists:

And Stoicism.

The Stoics called dibs on symbolic flames.

While we're on the topic of Vexillology, I may as well share this guy:

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