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  • Commemoration of Epicurus
  • Commemoration of Metrodorus
    • Wikipedia Page
    • Pictures of Metrodorus
    • Works of Metrodorus
      • Diogenes Laërtius lists the following works by Metrodorus:[10]
      • Πρὸς τοὺς ἰατρούς, τρία – Against the Physicians (3 volumes)
      • Περὶ αἰσθήσεων – On Sensations
      • Πρὸς Τιμοκράτην – Against Timocrates
      • Περὶ μεγαλοψυχίας – On Magnanimity
      • Περὶ τῆς Ἐπικούρου ἀρρωστίας – On Epicurus’s Weak Health
      • Πρὸς τοὺς διαλεκτικούς – Against the Dialecticians
      • Πρὸς τοὺς σοφιστάς, ἐννέα – Against the Sophists (9 volumes)
      • Περὶ τῆς ἐπὶ σοφίαν πορείας – On the Way to Wisdom
      • Περὶ τῆς μεταβολῆς – On Change
      • Περὶ πλούτου – On Wealth
      • Πρὸς Δημόκριτον – Against Democritus
      • Περὶ εὐγενείας – On Noble Birth
    • A Few Days In Athens
    • Major Quotations
      • Vatican Saying 47 (Epicurism.info)
      • Belly
      • VS10 - Mortality and infinity and eternity Metrodorus quoting Hesiod
      • VS14 - Delaying without enjoying leisure.
      • VS30 - We are all poured a daft of mortality
      • City Without Walls?
      • Mosaic At Autin Augustadorum - Metrodorus VS 14 and Epicurus quote PD5 (Also has poet Anacreon)
      • Go to Wikiquote for Metrodorus ---
        • Alfred Quarta
  • Special Mention
    • Hermarchus
    • Polyaenus
  • 2025 Activity Awards By Kalosyni
  • Cassius On Plans for 2026
    • EpicurusToday.com
    • Further Social Media Outreach
  • Other Discussion if time allows:
    • Unusual Comments By Cicero In Tusculan Disputations As To Natural And Necessary Desires