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The sculpted word: epicureanism and philosophical recruitment in ancient Greece

Bernard Frischer 2006 © University of California Press
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  • 9780520902022 (ebook)
  • 9780520041905 (hardcover)
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  • European: Ancient to 400 C.E.
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  • Title Page
  • Copyright and Permissions
  • Illustrations
  • Illustrations for the Electronic Edition
  • Three-Dimensional Scans
  • Reconstructions of Epicurus' Portrait Statue
  • Panoramic Photography
  • Preface to the Electronic Edition
    • I Goals of the Electronic Edition
    • II Update
      • New Evidence
      • Reactions by Other Scholars
        • [Intro]
        • Art-Historical Matters
        • Philosophical Issues
        • New Studies
    • III New Bibliography
    • IV Acknowledgements
  • Preface
    • I
    • II
    • III
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter I Introduction Philosophy and Society in Greece
    • I Approach
    • II Greek Philosophy and Politics The Problem
    • III Preconditions for the Emergence of Philosophy
    • IV Philosophy and Society The First Stage (600-500 B.C.)
    • V Philosophy and Society The Second Stage (500-399 B.C.)
    • VI Philosophy and Society The Third Stage (399-322 B.C.)
    • VII Philosophy and Society The Fourth Stage (311-200 B.C.)
    • VIII The Problem of Epicurean Recruitment
    • IX Epicureanism From Subculture to Alternative Community
  • Chapter II A Reconstruction of the Epicurean Policy on Recruitment and Conversion
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    • III
    • IV
  • Chapter III From Theory to Practice: Quantitative and Qualitative Problems of Epicurean Images
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  • Chapter IV Iconographical Problems On the Identification, Reconstruction, and Dating of Epicurus' Portrait Statue
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  • Chapter V Iconographical Problems An Interpretation of Epicurus' Portrait
    • I Introduction
    • II Epicurus as Philosopher
    • III Epicurus as Father
    • IV Epicurus as Culture-Hero
    • V Epicurus as Savior
    • VI Epicurus as Megalopsychos
    • VII Epicurus as God
    • VIII Conclusion: On the Background and Significance of the Typological Portrait
  • Notes
    • Reconstructions of Epicurus' Portrait Statue
    • Preface to the Electronic Edition
    • Preface
    • Chapter I
    • Chapter II
    • Chapter III
    • Chapter IV
    • Chapter V
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Map of the Villa Ludovisi. After Schreiber.

Map of the Villa Ludovisi. After Schreiber.

Map of the Villa Ludovisi. After Schreiber.

Bust of Epicurus.

Bust of Epicurus.

Figure 1. Bust of Epicurus.

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Bust of Metrodorus.

Bust of Metrodorus.

Figure 2. Bust of Metrodorus.

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Bust of Hermarchus.

Bust of Hermarchus.

Figure 3. Bust of Hermarchus.

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Bust of "Colotes."

Bust of "Colotes."

Figure 4. Bust of "Colotes."

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Bouchardon-Preisler engraving of "Epicurus philosophus."

Bouchardon-Preisler engraving of "Epicurus philosophus."

Figure 5 Bouchardon-Preisler engraving of "Epicurus philosophus."

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Reconstruction of Epicurus' statue according to Frischer.

Reconstruction of Epicurus' statue according to Frischer.

Figure 6. Reconstruction of Epicurus' statue according to Frischer.

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Ludovisi Epicurus (= statue 243 Schreiber).

Ludovisi Epicurus (= statue 243 Schreiber).

Figure 7. Ludovisi Epicurus (= statue 243 Schreiber).

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Bouchardon-Preisler, "Socrates philosophus."

Bouchardon-Preisler, "Socrates philosophus."

Figure 8. Bouchardon-Preisler, "Socrates philosophus."

"Puteanus" Epicurus, frontispiece to P. Gassendi, De Vita et Moribus Epicuri (16471).

"Puteanus" Epicurus, frontispiece to P. Gassendi, De Vita et Moribus Epicuri (16471).

Figure 9. "Puteanus" Epicurus, frontispiece to P. Gassendi, De Vita et Moribus Epicuri (16471).

"Howenius" Epicurus, frontispiece to P. Gassendi, De Vita et Moribus Epicuri (16562).

"Howenius" Epicurus, frontispiece to P. Gassendi, De Vita et Moribus Epicuri (16562).

Figure 10. "Howenius" Epicurus, frontispiece to P. Gassendi, De Vita et Moribus Epicuri (16562).

Ludovisi statue 245 Schreiber, as restored after 1900 (= Naudé's and Howenius' "Epicurus").

Ludovisi statue 245 Schreiber, as restored after 1900 (= Naudé's and Howenius' "Epicurus").

Figure 11. Ludovisi statue 245 Schreiber, as restored after 1900 (= Naudé's and Howenius' "Epicurus").

Bottari's illustration of the Epicurus-Metrodorus double herm found in 1742 under S. Maria Maggiore in Rome.

Bottari's illustration of the Epicurus-Metrodorus double herm found in 1742 under S. Maria Maggiore in Rome.

Figure 12. Bottari's illustration of the Epicurus-Metrodorus double herm found in 1742 under S. Maria Maggiore in Rome.

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AJP 105.4 (Winter 1984): 484-489 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9475%28198424%29105%3A4%3C484%3ATSWEAP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T
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