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The following post appeared very recently on the Facebook Epicurean Philosophy Group: (Quote) My post in response was: (Quote) I was hoping to get some kind of preliminary feedback before posting this here, but I decided that was not likely to come quickly, and there's probably no harm in posting this. Some of the excerpts indicate to me an approach that might not be entirely positive from everyone's point of view, and several instances of historical fiction about Epicurus I have seen before cau…

It occurs to me that it might be useful to follow up on my comment that the body of historical fiction on Epicurus is "uneven" at best. A Few Days In Athens comes to mind as the most successful. But there are others, including "Epicurus My Master" by Max Radin. It's been quite a long time since I read that but I don't remember it positively. I know there are others and I will see if I can add them to this thread, but the reason I forget them is that I don't remember coming away impressed. I thin…