110 BC - 110 BC Births, Philodemus, Gaius Marius the Younger, Marcus Petreius, Asander, Cleopatra of Pontus, List of State Leaders in 110 BC (Paperback)

Chapters: 110 Bc Births, Philodemus, Gaius Marius the Younger, Marcus Petreius, Asander, Cleopatra of Pontus, List of State Leaders in 110 Bc. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Philodemus of Gadara (Greek:, "love of the people"; Gadara, Coele-Syria, c. 110 BC probably Herculaneum, c. 40 or 35 BC) was an Epicurean philosopher 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 scrolls at the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum. The task of excavating and deciphering these scrolls 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. Philodemus was born c. 110 BC, in Gadara, Coele-Syria (in present-day Jordan). He studied under Zeno of Sidon, the head (scholarch) of the Epicurean school, in Athens, before settling in Rome about 80 BCE. He was a follower of Zeno, but an innovative thinker in the area of aesthetics, in which conservative Epicureans had little to contribute. He was a friend of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, and was implicated in Piso's profligacy by Cicero, who, however, praises Philodemus warmly for his philosophic views and for the elegans lascivia of his poems. Philodemus was the teacher of Virgil and an influence on Horace's Ars Poetica. The Greek anthology contains thirty-four of his epigrams. Apparently, there was an extensive library at Piso's Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, a significant part of which was formed by a library of Epicurean texts, some of which ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2625475