... and forwards in time: from the grammarian Diomedes (4th cent. BCE), to Photius' (9th cent. CE) summary of a handbook by Proclus (5th cent. CE, or 2nd cent. CE), and back to the late Hellenistic period through the testimony of Philodemus of Gadara (1st cent. BCE...

... of the intelligentsia. Horace's Ars Poetica is the closest thing we have to a Roman treatise on literary theory. The only actual treatises on poetics after Aristotle that might be relevant to Roman literature have been found among the essays of the Greek philosopher and poet Philodemus of Gadara...

...Against a long interpretive tradition, this book claims that some of the main protagonists of ancient Greek philosophy such as Aristotle, Plato, Xenophon, and Philodemus of Gadara dealt with a specific, complex topic: a form of theoretical and practical knowledge about economic matters named...

... justifying his virtus and defending his place in society. The poet accomplishes this goal not only by engaging closely with the works of Lucretius and Cicero, but by working largely within the framework of Epicurus’ moral doctrines as Philodemus of Gadara presents them in his treatises...

... doctrines of Epicureanism in connection with wealth acquisition, patronage, flattery, and frankness. It first provides context by explaining the teachings of Epicurus himself concerning these topics and then explores the manner in which Philodemus of Gadara, an Epicurean philosopher living in Italy...

... of ancient satire and ethics, focusing on the moral tradition of Epicureanism through the lens of one source in particular: Philodemus of Gadara. An Epicurean philosopher who wrote for a Roman audience and was one of Horace’s contemporaries and neighbors in Italy, offers a range of ethical treatises...

... of ancient satire and ethics, focusing on the moral tradition of Epicureanism through the lens of one source in particular: Philodemus of Gadara. An Epicurean philosopher who wrote for a Roman audience and was one of Horace’s contemporaries and neighbors in Italy, offers a range of ethical treatises...

... of ancient satire and ethics, focusing on the moral tradition of Epicureanism through the lens of one source in particular: Philodemus of Gadara. An Epicurean philosopher who wrote for a Roman audience and was one of Horace’s contemporaries and neighbors in Italy, offers a range of ethical treatises...

... of ancient satire and ethics, focusing on the moral tradition of Epicureanism through the lens of one source in particular: Philodemus of Gadara. An Epicurean philosopher who wrote for a Roman audience and was one of Horace’s contemporaries and neighbors in Italy, offers a range of ethical treatises...

... of ancient satire and ethics, focusing on the moral tradition of Epicureanism through the lens of one source in particular: Philodemus of Gadara. An Epicurean philosopher who wrote for a Roman audience and was one of Horace’s contemporaries and neighbors in Italy, offers a range of ethical treatises...

... Pollio Herod Alexander Polyhistor Philodemus of Gadara and Meleager Late in 2009, having decided to begin a new commentary on Aeneid 6 with the hardest part (that is, the Gates of Dreams), I was writing about 792ff., Virgil’s second explicit vision of the Golden Age...