Title: Epicurean Ethics in Horace
Description: Horace's Satires owe debts of influence to a wide range of genres and authors, including, as this study demonstrates, the moral tradition of Epicureanism. Focusing on the philosopher Philodemus of Gadara, it argues that the central concerns of his work lie at the heart of the poet's criticisms of Roman society and its shortcomings.
Subjects: Philodemus, approximately 110 b.c.-approximately 40 b.c., Horace, Philosophy, ancient, Influence, Epicureans (Greek philosophy), Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Satirae (Horace)