Dreams in Ancient Medicine
Dreams in Ancient Medicine Medicina Antiqua: University College London Along with many people before and since, most Greeks and Romans believed that dreams…
Can Atoms Make You Happy?
The Greek philosopher Epicurus established his school in Athens in 306 BCE. He was a prolific writer; the one biography that survives, that of Diogenes Laertius, claims that the full body of his writings occupied around 300 books…
Haunting Nepos: Atticus and the Performance of Roman Epicurean Death
The circumcellions were roving bands of violent men and women found in late Roman Africa. The problem is that far more of them have been produced by literary fictions, ancient and modern, than once existed. The fictions have their own intriguing history, but they are otherwise useless for those who are interested in the banality of what actually happened.