Epictetus
Life and Death of Epictetus (by Arrian, lost)
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Life and Death of Epictetus (by Arrian, lost)
A biographical work on the life and death of the master, which would have been the most direct source for his biography. Its loss explains why we know so little of his life.
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Authorship note
A biography written by Arrian according to Simplicius, who mentions it in his commentary on the Handbook. It is lost.
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Other works by Epictetus
- Discourses (as reported by Arrian) · 108
- Discourses, Book I · 108
- Discourses, Book II · 108
- Discourses, Book III · 108
- Discourses, Book IV · 108
- Handbook (Enchiridion) · 130
- Fragments
- Discourses, Books V–VIII (lost) · 108
- Conversations (lost)
- Debate of the Emperor Hadrian and the Philosopher Epictetus
- Christian paraphrases of the Handbook
- Simplicius' Commentary on the Handbook · 530
Sources
- Simplicio. Comentario al Manual de Epicteto. Trad. inglesa de Tad Brennan y Charles Brittain, Simplicius: On Epictetus' Handbook, 2 vols. Londres: Duckworth / Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2002.
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