Pre-Print Graphic. The WUNT2 monograph is forthcoming in June 2020 After 15+ years of off-and-on research time, trying to find gaps in a hectic teaching schedule, two sabbaticals, and every summer and winter break spent…
Philodemus
Herculaneum: Where Particle Physics and Papyrology Meet
I love what I do. Just when you think nothing can surprise you any more, something always lights up your horizon in the world of the ancient history and biblical studies. NPR just released a…
The Irritating Bite vs. the Sting Which Kills
It’s been hard to blog with the start-of-the-semester madness, but finally, I can get back to my previous post on Philodemus’ treatise On Death (Book IV). There I wrote about how the Epicurean sage manages…
Philodemus on Removing the Sting and Bite of Death
I’m posting a bit later than I had planned. The family and I went out of town over the weekend to show our support to my youngest son as he competed at a major chess…