Philodemus

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Philodemus was a Hellenistic Epicurean philosopher and poet, best known for his works on ethics and aesthetics preserved in the Herculaneum papyri.

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Label Occurrences
Philodemus canonical 6
Philodemus of Gadara 2

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Epicurean philosopher
Hellenistic philosopher
person
philosopher
poet
activeIn 1st century BCE
Roman Republic
associatedWith Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus
Villa of the Papyri
surface form: Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum
birthPlace Gadara
Gadara in Coele-Syria
modern Umm Qais, Jordan
contemporaryOf Cicero
Lucretius
countryOfOrigin Greater Syria
surface form: Ancient Syria
deathPlace Campania
surface form: Campania (probable)
educatedAt Athens
School of Epicurus
era Hellenistic philosophy
ethnicGroup Greek
fieldOfWork aesthetics
epistemology
ethics
literary criticism
theology
floruit c. 110 BCE – c. 35 BCE (approximate)
genre epigram
hasWorksIn Greek Anthology
influenced Roman Epicureans
Roman literary theory
knownFor Epicurean ethics
Herculaneum papyri fragments
surface form: Herculaneum papyri

influence on Roman Epicureanism
writings on aesthetics
language Ancient Greek
movement Epicureanism
name Philodemus self-link
nameInGreek Φιλόδημος
nameInLatin Philodemus self-link
occupation philosopher
poet
teacher
patron Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus
philosophicalSchool Epicureanism
residence Herculaneum
Campania region
surface form: Naples region

Villa of the Papyri
studentOf Zeno of Sidon
textsPreservedIn Herculaneum papyri fragments
surface form: Herculaneum papyri
wrote On Anger
On Choices and Avoidances
On Death
On Frank Criticism
On Household Management
On Music
On Poems
On Property Management
On Rhetoric
On Signs
On Vices and Virtues
On the Gods

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Description of subject: Philodemus was a Hellenistic Epicurean philosopher and poet, best known for his works on ethics and aesthetics preserved in the Herculaneum papyri.

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Epicurus influenced Philodemus
Philodemus name Philodemus self-link
Philodemus nameInLatin Philodemus self-link
Villa of the Papyri associatedWith Philodemus
this entity surface form: Philodemus of Gadara
Herculaneum papyri fragments associatedPhilosopher Philodemus
this entity surface form: Philodemus of Gadara