Siro the Epicurean

Siro (also Syro, Siron, or Syron;

Epicurean philosopher who lived in Naples

He was a teacher of Virgil,^[1] and taught at his school in Naples. There are two poems attributed to Virgil in the Appendix Vergiliana,^[2] which mention Siro, and where the author speaks of seeking peace in the company of Siro:

I am setting sail for the havens of the blest to seek the wise sayings of great Siro, and will redeem my life from all care.^[3]

Eclogue as the character Silenus.^[5]

Notes

^ Donatus, Vita Vergilii, 79.
^ Virgil, Catalepton, 5; Catalepton, 8.
^ Virgil, Catalepton, 5.
^ Cicero, de Finibus, ii. 35
^ Servius on Eclogue 6.1

This ancient Roman biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This biography of a philosopher from Ancient Greece is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Donatus, Vita Vergilii, 79.

[2] Virgil, Catalepton, 5; Catalepton, 8.

[3] Virgil, Catalepton, 5.

[4] Cicero, de Finibus, ii. 35

[5] Servius on Eclogue 6.1

[1]

[2]

[3]

[5]

v t e Epicureanism
Philosophers	Epicurus Metrodorus Zeno of Sidon Philodemus Lucretius Diogenes of Oenoanda more...
Concepts	Ataraxia Clinamen Eudaimonia Free will Hedone Otium Problem of evil
Works	On the Nature of Things Principal Doctrines Herculaneum papyri