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I had commented on this very topic quite some time ago when I was sharing my thoughts on DeWitt's book. Here's the pertinent excerpt from that earlier post: p.101 of Epicurus and his Philosophy has: Quote There is, however, still something to be added. During the first three centuries of Christianity the representations of Christ exhibit a youthful and beardless face, not unlike that of Apollo. The bearded portraits began to appear at a later date and simultaneously with the absorption of the Ep…

Kalosyni and Joshua inspired me to poke around, too. Found this one: https://www.academia.edu/resource/work/65503273 Note: Only 1 mention of "Epicurean" but remember that The Garden was just outside the Dipylon Gate in the Kerameikos district... And lots on that!

The sage will be fond of the countryside, enjoying being outside the towns and cities. (120) Hicks: He will be fond of the country. Yonge: He will like being in the country, I think it's wonderful that this characteristic is a single word in the original: φιλαγρήσειν (philagrēsein) "They will love the ἀγρός" "fields, land, country as opposed to the town." Note: This is the same construction that gives us φιλοσοφία (philosophia "philosophy") and φιλάνθρωπος (philanthrōpos "philanthropy"). http://…

On Leontion, see Diogenes Laertius Book X: (Quote)

The daughter of Leontion/Leontium: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/h…hapter=64&highlight=danae (Quote)

(Quote from from Epicurus's will) It's intriguing to consider if Danae is a daughter of Metrodorus and Leontion, or whether Danae is a daughter of Leontion from after Metrodorus died, or whether Danae is the daughter referenced in Epicurus's Will and she didn't like who Amynomachus and Timocrates were going to marry her off to so she ran away with her dowry to Sophron, the governor of Ephesus. So many possible storylines!

Well, Danae was the "companion" of Sophron, not his (legally/technically) wife. The word used is ἑταιρίζω hetairizō "to be a hetaira" usually translated as "courtesan." http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/h…57%3Aentry%3De(tairi%2Fzw Looks like mention of Sophron is only in Deipnoshists, but possibly here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…_%28246_BC%29?wprov=sfla1 PS: Another translation or version of the Danae story: Philarchus remembers one Sophron of Ephesus to have had in his delights Danae,* daughter…