26-02-20 - Twentieth

Twentieth Zoom - February 20, 2026

• 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
    • Metrodorus’ Past Vices Chapter Two
    • Metrodorus calls Epicurus Too Mild Chapter Eight
  • 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
  • Polystratus
    • Polystratus - Scholarch (2nd): (c. 300 – 219/8 BCE) from 250 to 219/8 BCE. Polystratus (Greek: Πολύστρατος; fl. 3rd century BC) ; died 219/18 BCE) was an Epicurean philosopher, and head (scholarch) of the Epicurean school in Athens. He succeeded Hermarchus as head of the sect c. 250 BC, and was himself succeeded by Dionysius of Lamptrai when he died 219 or 218 BC. Valerius Maximus relates that Polystratus and Hippoclides were born on the same day, followed the sect of the same master Epicurus, shared their patrimony in common, and supported the school together, and at last died at the same moment in extreme old age. Fragments of two of his works survive among the scrolls found at the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum. The first is On Irrational Contempt, which is a polemic directed “against those who irrationally despise popular beliefs.” His opponents in the work may be the Cynics or the Skeptics. The second preserved work is entitled On Philosophy, of which only broken fragments can be deciphered. Wikipedia
  • Dionysus of Lamptra
    • Dionysius of Lamptrai - Scholarch (3rd): (c. 280 – 205 BCE) from 219/8 to 205 BCE Wikipedia Dionysius of Lamptrai (Ancient Greek: Διονύσιος; fl. 3rd century BC) was an Epicurean philosopher, who succeeded Polystratus as the head (scholarch) of the Epicurean school at Athens c. 219 BC. He died c. 205 BC and was succeeded by Basilides.[1][2]

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