Epicurean Resources (original) (raw)

Index:

• Web Pages—Other Epicurean Websites
• Web Pages—Research on Ancient Epicureanism
• Web Pages—General Philosophy/Classics Websites
• Web Pages—Other Webpages of Interest
• Suggested Reading

Web Pages

Other Epicurean Websites

Epicuro

An Italian-language Epicurean web site maintained by Michele Pinto.

Philodemos Poems

Poems by the Epicurean Philodemus of Gadara (c. 110–30 B.C.), translated by George Economou.

Research on Ancient Epicureanism

The Philodemus Project

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Classics Department faculty and graduate students are participating in a project to restore the text of various works by the 1rst century B.C. Epicurean philosopher Philodemus. Papyrus rolls containing his writings were carbonized and buried by the famous 79 A.D. eruption of Mt. Vesuvius at the seaside villa of the Pisos in Herculaneum, and were rediscovered in 1752. Recovery of some of the texts has been complicated by the poor condition of the rolls, awaiting the advent of modern technology and some clever deductions about how to put the papyri fragments back together for the present translations to proceed.

Digital Sculpture Project: Epicurus

UCLA Classics professor Bernard Frischer reconstructed an image of Epicurus that was widely used among his ancient followers in statuary, rings, cups, and mosaics. This webpage features a 3-dimesional electronic model of a bust based on Dr. Frischer's work.

General Philosophy/Classics Websites

Loeb Classical Library

The Loeb Classical Library® is an outstanding collection of classical Greek and Latin works with facing-page translations, published by the Harvard University Press.

Other Webpages of Interest

Vincent Cook

Contact information and encryption keys for the host of epicurus.net.

The Friends of Herculaneum Society

An organization promoting conservation, education, and research at Herculaneum, with a particular interest in the Villa of the Papyri.

Happiness

F. Heylighen's summary of modern research on happiness, confirming the existence of satiation effects and the need for social interaction and personal autonomy. Includes links to other happiness-research sites.

Suggested Reading

• The Epicurus Reader, Epicurus, tr. Brad Inwood & L.P. Gerson, Hackett Publishing, 1994.
• De Rerum Natura, Lucretius, tr. W.H.D. Rouse, Loeb Classical Library, 1924.
• Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laertius, tr. R.D. Hicks, Loeb Classical Library, 1925.
• De Finibus, Cicero, tr. H. Rackham, Loeb Classical Library, 1914.
• De Natura Deorum, Cicero, tr. H. Rackham, Loeb Classical Library, 1933.
• On Methods of Inference, Philodemus, tr. P.H. De Lacey & E.A. De Lacey, Bibliopolis, 1978.
• On Frank Criticism, Philodemus, tr. D. Konstan et al., Society of Biblical Literature, 1998.
• On Piety, Philodemus, tr. D. Obbink, Oxford University Press, 1996.
• The Epigrams of Philodemos, Philodemus, tr. D. Sider, Oxford University Press, 1997.
• Philodemos: his twenty-nine extant poems, Philodemus, tr. G. Economou, Perishable Press, 1983.
• Diogenes of Oenoanda: The Fragments, Diogenes of Oenoanda, tr. C.W. Chilton, Oxford University Press, 1971.
• Selected Satires of Lucian, Lucian, tr. L. Casson, Norton Library, 1962.
• An Introduction to Greek Philosophy, J.V. Luce, Thames & Hudson, 1992.
• Hellenistic Philosophy 2nd edition, A.A. Long, University of California Press, 1986.
• Epicurus and His Philosophy, N.W. DeWitt, University of Minnesota Press, 1954.
• The Epicurean Tradition, Howard Jones, Routledge, 1989.
• The Atom in the History of Human Thought, Bernard Pullman, Oxford University Press, 1998.
• Philodemus in Italy, M. Gigante, tr. D. Obbink, University of Michigan Press, 1995.
• The Sculpted Word, B. Frischer, University of California Press, 1982.
• Epicurus in Lycia, Pamela Gordon, The University of Michigan Press, 1996.