1st-century BC Greek Epicurean philosopher and poet
For other uses, see Philodemus (mythology).
Philodemus
Born
c. 110 BC
Gadara, Coele-Syria
Died
c. 40 or 35 BC
Herculaneum
Era
Hellenistic philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
Epicureanism
Main interests
Atomism, ethics, history, poetry, rhetoric
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Philodemus of Gadara (Greek: Φιλόδημος ὁ Γαδαρεύς, Philodēmos, "love of the people"; c. 110 – prob. c. 40 or 35 BC) was an Epicurean philosopher[1] and poet. He studied under Zeno of Sidon in Athens, before moving to Rome, and then to Herculaneum. He was once known chiefly for his poetry preserved in the Greek Anthology, but since the 18th century, many writings of his have been discovered among the charred papyrus rolls at the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum. The task of excavating and deciphering these rolls is difficult, and work continues to this day. The works of Philodemus so far discovered include writings on ethics, theology, rhetoric, music, poetry, and the history of various philosophical schools. Ethel Ross Barker suggested in 1908 that he was owner of the Villa of the Papyri Library.[2]
^Fitzgerald, John (1996-02-01). Friendship, Flattery, and Frankness of Speech: Studies on Friendship in the New Testament World. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-26728-2.
Cicero, who, however, praises Philodemus warmly for his philosophic views and for the elegans lascivia of his poems. Philodemus was an influence on Horace's...
Attic style after Cicero, Philodemus surpassed the average literary standard to which most epicureans aspired. Philodemus succeeded in influencing the...
identified as the work of Philodemus of Gadara, an Epicurean philosopher and poet. The manuscript "PHerc.Paris.2" contains part of Philodemus' On Vices and Virtues...
through the fragmentary treatise by Philodemus, On Music, which discusses the views of Diogenes. According to Philodemus, Diogenes held that music not only...
the ability to cooperate and form societies which fostered pleasure. Philodemus forcefully rebutted arguments that the animals, since they did not know...
philosopher, bought Plato's freedom for twenty minas, and sent him home. Philodemus however states that Plato was sold as a slave as early as in 404 BC, when...
author's imitation of nature, not earlier literary or cultural models. Philodemus of Gadara (1st century b.c.e.), an Epicurean philosopher and poet and...
Papyri in Herculaneum, mostly works written by the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus or his teacher Zeno of Sidon along with fragments of works by Epicurus...
some epitomes of his lectures preserved among the writings of his pupil Philodemus. Zeno was born in the city of Sidon. He was a contemporary of Cicero,...
archonship in 301/0 BC (Philodemus, On the Stoics, col. 4); and was the head of the school for 39 years and 3 months (Philodemus, On the Stoics, col. 4)...
she is similarly mentioned among the earliest deities. The philosopher Philodemus, writing in his De pietate (On Piety), reports that the legendary poet...
24. Character entity references in HTML 4". World Wide Web Consortium. Philodemus (2003). On Poems. Oxford University Press. p. 212. ISBN 9780199262854...
Cave of the Nymphs. B78-80. Origen of Alexandria. Contra Celsum. B81. Philodemus. On Rhetoric. B82-83. Plato. Hippias major. B84a-84b. Plotinus. Enneads...
De Figuris (in Latin). Nabu Press. para. 16. ISBN 978-1-141-72928-9. Philodemus. Indelli, Giovanni; Tsouna-McKirahan, Voula (eds.). On Choices and Avoidances...
was recorded in Philodemus' History of the Academy, a text partially preserved among the Herculaneum papyri. According to Philodemus, on the last evening...
Epicurean texts. At least some are thought to have belonged to the Epicurean Philodemus. The concept of hedonism is also found in nāstika ('atheist', as in heterodox)...
explain its origins, such as those reported by the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus and the Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus, which claim that Pallas was...
Laërtius, the Epicurean Roman poet Lucretius and the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus, as well as the hostile but largely accurate accounts by the Pyrrhonist...
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