Philodemus: On Death

by Philodemus and W. Benjamin Henry

On Death, by the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus of Gadara, is among the most significant philosophical treatments of the theme surviving from the Greco-Roman world. The author was an influential figure in first-century B.C.E. Roman society, associated with poets such as Virgil and politicians such as the father-in-law of Julius Caesar. The surviving copies of his treatises were carbonized following the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 C.E. This edition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589834461
• ISBN13: 9781589834460
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 8.9"