Demetrius Lacon - Citizendia

Demetrius Lacon or Demetrius of Laconia was an Epicurean philosopher of the late 2nd century BC, and a disciple of Protarchus. For the Laconian dialect see Doric Greek For the Ancient Kingdom see Sparta For the laconic expression see Laconic Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language The 2nd century BC started the first day of 200 BC and ended the last day of 101 BC. ^[1] He was an older contemporary of Zeno of Sidon and a teacher of Philodemus. Zeno of Sidon was an Epicurean philosopher of the 1st century BC Philodemus of Gadara (in Greek) ( Gadara, Coele-Syria, c 110 BCE&ndashprobably Herculaneum c Sextus Empiricus quotes part of a commentary by Demetrius on Epicurus, where Demetrius interprets Epicurus' statement that "time is an accident of accidents. Sextus Empiricus (c 160-210 AD was a Physician and Philosopher, and has been variously reported to have lived in Alexandria, Rome, or For other uses see Time (disambiguation Time is a component of a measuring system used to sequence events to compare the durations of "^[2]

Papyrus scrolls containing portions of the works of Demetrius were discovered at the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum. Papyrus (/pəˈpaɪrəs/ (Rhymes -aɪrəs)is a thick paper-like material produced from the Pith of the papyrus plant Cyperus papyrus The Villa of the Papyri is a private house in the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum (current commune of Ercolano) Herculaneum (in modern Italian Ercolano) is an ancient Roman town located in the territory of the current commune of Ercolano. The major works partially preserved are:^[3]

Quaestiones convivales (PHerc. 1006)
On the Puzzles of Polyaenus (PHerc. 1083, 1258, 1429, 1642, 1647, 1822)
On Geometry (PHerc. 1061)
On Poems (PHerc. 188, 1014)
two untitled works (PHerc. 1786, 124)

In addition, he is the probable author of the following works:

On the Size of the Sun (PHerc. 1013)
On Fickleness (PHerc. 831)
an untitled work on textual criticism of Epicurus' writings (PHerc. 1012)
an untitled theological work (PHerc. 1055)
an untitled rhetorical work (PHerc. 128)

Notes

^ Diogenes Laertius x; Strabo. xiv. 2. 20
^ Sextus Empiricus, Against the professors, 10. 219-27
^ John T. Fitzgerald, Dirk Obbink, Glenn Stanfield Holland, (2004), Philodemus and the New Testament World, page 10. BRILL.

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