Major effort to read the the Herculaneum Papyri.

    I have not posted lately, but I have not lost interest in Epicureanism. I wanted to post a bit of news: There is a major new effort to read the the Herculaneum Papyri, which of course would likely make more ancient writings on Epicureanism available. Please see https://scrollprize.org/.


    the Herculaneum Papyri.

    For anyone who might be interested, there is a podcast about the effort:


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    I was very grateful to have logged on to this website after being away too long, because I found out about the Emily Austin book, "Living for Pleasure." I bought it and I'm reading it now, very interesting so far. After I finish it, I'll look for comments about it in this forum.

    Wow! Thanks Cleveland Okie ...This is a very interesting podcast presentation! -- some areas were buried in 50 feet of volcanic ash/debris...the papyri were discovered in 1752...untold numbers of scrolls were burned or thrown away before someone realised what they were! (this is from the first few minutes and I hope to listen to the rest of it still).

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    ...found out about the Emily Austin book, "Living for Pleasure." I bought it and I'm reading it now, very interesting so far. After I finish it, I'll look for comments about it in this forum.

    For ease of reference here is a link to the section of the forum set up for Austin's book:

    Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life - Emily Austin


    We may do a Zoom "book reading/review" starting end of April or beginning of May (or maybe in the fall).