Epictetus
- Textgroups:
- tlg0557
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.560
- Tlg id:
- tlg0557
- Alt id:
- LCCN n 50082929
- Name:
- Epictetus
- Abbr:
- Epict.
- Alt names:
- Ἐπίκτητος
Epiktetos
Epiktet
Epiktit
Epitteto
Epiktétos
Epictète
Epicteto
Epictetus, Philosophus
Epict. - Field of activity:
- Stoic
Philosopher - Notes:
- TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg. 150
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 2, 1867, p. 31-2: "Epictetus,..."
Brill's New Pauly: "Born in Phrygian Hierapolis, E. was a slave in the house of the imperial freedman Epaphroditus in Rome. He studied philosophy under Musonius Rufus, whose practical approach and focus on ethics he adopted. After his manumission he taught philosophy in Rome until the general banishment of philosophers in the year 89. With his highly regarded school, attended by rich and powerful aristocrats, he then moved to Nicopolis on the other side of the Adriatic and taught there until his death. He left behind no writings but Flavius Arrianus ( Arrianus [2]), a Greek-writing Roman, took notes of his lectures and published a collection of ‘lectures’ (διατριβαί, diatribaí), the first four books of which are extant...." Inwood, Brad (Toronto)
Entretien avec M. de Sacy sur EpicteÌte et Montaigne, c1994
EnquiridioÌn, 1991: t.p. (Epicteto) - Author info:
- Wikipedia
- Smith's Dictionary
- URN:
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0557.tlg006
- Word Count:
- 200 Click here for Work record
- URN:
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0557.tlg001
- Word Count:
- 78609 Click here for Work record
- URN:
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0557.tlg002
- Word Count:
- 5154 Click here for Work record
- URN:
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0557.tlg003
- Word Count:
- 1994 Click here for Work record