Category: Pompeii
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A Season of the Year To Remember Fallen Epicureans
One of the things that motivates me in the study of Epicureanism is the knowledge that two thousand years ago a very large living breathing group of people walked the...
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The Building Which Housed The Epicurean Library In Herculaneum
Today I came across this interesting video which features a 3-D reconstruction of the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum, including the library where Philodemus’ works on Epicurus were recovered. ...
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Lucretius On The Walls of Pompeii
Today I came across a table of inscriptions at Pompeii which includes three references to Lucretius. The table comes from the “Pompeii Sourcebook” by Alison and M.G.L. Cooley, which lists...