I hope you are all having a safe, peaceful, and joyous Eikas. My most recent essay is titled Philodemus’ On Death: Summary and Commentary, and is a good starting point for any student who wishes to carry out the instructions of the Kathegemones on writing their own outlines (epitomes) and commentaries about the Doxai. Blogger Jack Gedney also recently published a few essays on death:

Death Is Nothing To Us: Part One – Length of life is not the point

Death Is Nothing To Us: Part Two – When do you consider a life to be complete? We say “right now”

The Fear of Death and Insatiability in Life: Translation Tuesday: On the Nature of Things, 3.1042–94

The bottom line in all of this meleta is summarized beautifully by Philodemus of Gadara in the scroll where he says we should “profit by each day as if by an eternity“. This is my favorite quote from my favorite book in the Herculaneum collection.