1. MEMORIAL CALENDAR OF LEADING EPICUREANS
| Month | Primary | MONTHLY Honoree | Special Mention (Changes Yearly) |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAN | Epicurus [1] Metrodorus [2] |
Hermarchus [3] Polyaenus [4] |
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| FEB | Epicurus Metrodorus |
Polystratus [5] Dionysius of Lamptrai [6] |
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| MAR | Epicurus Metrodorus |
Zeno of Sidon [7] Colotes of Lampsacus [8] |
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| APRIL | Epicurus Metrodorus |
Philodenes of Lampsacus [9] Leontion [10] |
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| MAY | Epicurus Metrodorus |
Antiochus IV Epiphanes [11] Diogenes of Oenoanda [12] |
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| JUNE | Epicurus Metrodorus |
Lucian of Samosata [13] Lucius Manlius Torquatus [14] |
2023 - Basilides of Tyrus [27] |
| JULY | Epicurus Metrodorus |
Titus Pomponius Atticus [15] Siro of Naples [16] |
2023 - Protarchys of Barghilia [28] |
| AUG | Epicurus Metrodorus |
Lucius Calpurnius Piso [17] Philodemus of Gadara [18] |
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| SEP | Epicurus Metrodorus |
Gaius Cassius Longinus [19] Quintos Horatius Flaccus [20] |
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| OCT | Epicurus Metrodorus |
Titus Lucretius Carus [21] Rabirius and Catius Insuber [22] |
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| NOV | Epicurus Metrodorus |
Gaius Velleius [23] Demetrius Lacon [24] |
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| DEC | Epicurus Metrodorus |
Empress Pompeia Plotina [25] Leonteus and Themista of Lampsacus [26] |
2. SYLLABUS OF NAMES AND REFERENCES
- Epicurus
- Metrodorus
- Hermarchus - Scholarch (1st): (c. 325 – 250 BCE) Scholarch from 270 to 250 BCE
- Polyaenus -
- Polystratus - Scholarch (2nd): (c. 300 – 219/8 BCE) from 250 to 219/8 BCE
- Dionysius of Lamptrai - Scholarch (3rd): (c. 280 – 205 BCE) from 219/8 to 205 BCE
- Zeno of Sidon - Scholarch (7th): (c. 166 – 75 BCE) Scholarch from 125 to 75 BCE
- Colotes of Lampsacus
- Philodenes of Lampsacus - Wikipedia - DeWitt Reference
- Leontium (wife of Metrodorus): wrote against Theophrastus https://en.wikisource.org/wiki…Female_Biography/Leontium
- Antiochus IV Epiphanes
- Diogenes of Oenoanda
- Lucian of Samosata
- Lucius Manlius Torquatus
- Titus Pomponius Atticus
- Siro of Naples - Siro (also Syro, Siron, or Syron; fl. c. 50 BC) was an Epicurean philosopher who lived in Naples. He was a teacher of Virgil, and taught at his school in Naples. There are two poems attributed to Virgil in the Appendix Vergiliana, which mention Siro, and where the author speaks of seeking peace in the company of Siro: I am setting sail for the havens of the blest to seek the wise sayings of great Siro, and will redeem my life from all care. Cicero also mentions Siro several times and speaks of Siro along with Philodemus as being "excellent citizens and most learned men." The 5th-century commentator Servius claimed that Siro was commemorated in Virgil's sixth Eclogue as the character Silenus.
- Lucius Calpurnius Piso
- Philodemus of Gadara
- Gaius Cassius Longinus
- Quintos Horatius Flaccus
- Titus Lucretius Carus - As to memorializing in October, Donatus writes: "The first years of his life Virgil spent in Cremona until the assumption of his toga virilis on his 17th birthday [traditionally October 15th] (when the same two men held the consulate as when he was born), and it so happened that on the very same day Lucretius the poet passed away."
- Rabirius and Catius Insuber
- Gaius Velleius
- Demetrius Lacon (1st-century BCE) Founded Milesian school; taught Philodemus - we have a number of his works mentioned and in fragmentary form. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demetrius_Lacon
- Empress Pompeia Plotina
- Leonteus and Themista of Lampsacus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonteus_of_Lampsacus
- Basilides of Tyrus - Scholarch (4th): (c. 245 – 175 BCE) from 205 to 175 BCE
- Protarchys of Barghilia - Scholarch (5th): (c. 225 – 150 BCE) from 175 to 150 BCE
- Apollodorus of Athens - Scholarch (6th): (c. 200 – 125 BCE) from 147 to 125 BCE Wikipedia
- Phaedrus - Scholarch (8th): (c. 138 – 70/69 BCE) Scholarch from 75 to 70/69 BCE
- Patro - Scholarch (9th): (c. 100 – 25 BCE) Scholarch from 70/69 to 51 BCE
- Popillius Theotimus - Scholarch (16ish): (early 2nd-century CE)
- Heliodorus - Scholarch (17ish): (2nd-century CE) Hadrian writes him.
3. NOMINATIONS TO INCORPORATE
- Phaedrus - 8th scholarch, and known to Cicero and Atticus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaedrus_the_Epicurean "Cicero wrote to Atticus requesting Phaedrus' essay On gods (Greek: Περὶ θεῶν). Cicero used this work to aid his composition of the first book of the De Natura Deorum. Not only did he develop his account of Epicurean doctrine using it, but also the account of the doctrines of earlier philosophers."
- Patro (scholarch of the Garden): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patro_the_Epicurean Wrote to Cicero, asking that he intercede on behalf of saving Epicurus's house
- The unnamed Epicureans mentioned in Acts 17:18-34 who stood up to Paul:
- A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection. 19 Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? 20 You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.”... When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.”
- I could see the Epicureans "sneering" about the resurrection of the dead!
- A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection. 19 Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? 20 You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.”... When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.”
- Palladas of Alexandria - epigrammatist and Epicurean (in the tradition of Philodemus??) (academic thesis: Death, Delight, and Destitution: What Sort of Epicurean was Palladas of Alexandria? Nikpour, Rodmanned Arya (Author). Within the vast array of classical literature, many authors still have not been thoroughly examined. Among these, Palladas of Alexandria, a prominent epigrammatist in the Palatine Anthology, seems to import Epicurean themes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palladas Could be jury still out on whether he was actually Epicurean... but if he was he was very late... one of the last holdouts!
