Epicurus's Principal Workds - Greek and English Texts

Letter to Herodotus

A summary of the Epicurean metaphysics and cosmology.
  1. Greek text - compiled by Hermann Usener in Epicurea (1887)
  2. Greek and English text - compiled and translated by Cyril Bailey in Epicurus: The Extant Remains (1926)
  3. Line-by-Line - Bailey's Greek and English text in line-by-line form, for easier reading.

Letter to Pythocles

Presents Epicurus's physics and various materialistic explanations of natural phenomena.
  1. Greek text
  2. Greek and English text
  3. Line-by-Line

Letter to Menoeceus

Provides a summary of Epicurean ethics, including the Epicurean stance on death.
  1. Greek text
  2. Greek and English text
  3. Line-by-Line


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