File:Mosaic of the Greek Authors, Metrodorus of Lampsacus (a Greek philosopher of the Epicurean school), second half of the 2nd or early part of the 3rd century AD, found in Autun (Augustodunum), Musée Rolin, Autun, France (2).jpg
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English: Metrodorus, the leading follower of Epicurus, is shown seated upon a klismos, wearing a himation and wearing sandals. He holds a bookroll in one hand, while his other hand supports his head.
www.digitalsculpture.org/epicurus/index02.html#footnote10 Inscription: ΓΕΓΟΝΑΜΕΝ ΑΠΑΧ ΔΙϹ Δ ΟΥ | Κ ΕϹΤΙ ΓΕΝΕϹΘΑΙ ϹΥ ΔΕ ΟΥ | Κ ΩΝ ΤΗϹ ΑΥΡΙΟΝ ΚΥΡΙ | ΟϹ ΤΟ ΧΑΙΡΟΝ ΑΝΑ | ΒΑΛΛΗ Ο ΔΕ | ΒΙΟϹ Μ | ΕΛ | ΛΗϹ | ΜΩ ΠΑΡΑ | ΠΟΛ | ΛΥΤΑΙ ΚΑΙ ΕΚΑϹ | ΤΟϹ ΗΜΩΝ “We have been born once and there can be no second birth. For all eternity we shall no longer be. But you, although you are not master of tomorrow, are postponing your happiness. We waste away our lives in delaying, and each of us dies without having enjoyed leisure” – Epicurus, Sententiae Vaticanae 14 wiki.epicurism.info/Vatican_Saying_14/ |
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