Epictetus: - Epictetus (c.
After his death, according to Lucian, his oil lamp was purchased by an admirer for 3,000 drachmae..
He died sometime around 135 A.
D.
It is unclear whether Epictetus and she were married.
He lived alone for a long time, but in his old age he adopted a friend\'s child who otherwise would have been left to die, and raised him with the aid of a woman.
Epictetus lived a life of great simplicity, with few possessions.
Emperor Hadrian was friendly with him, and may have listened to him speak at his school in Nicopolis.
Many eminent figures sought conversations with Epictetus.
Arrian describes Epictetus as being a powerful speaker who could induce his listener to feel just what Epictetus wanted him to feel. 108 AD) and claimed to have written the famous Discourses from his lecture notes, which he argued should be considered comparable to the Socratic literature.
His most famous pupil, Arrian, studied under him when a young man (c.
About 93 AD Emperor Domitian banished all philosophers from the city, and Epictetus went to Nicopolis in Epirus, Greece, where he founded a philosophical school.
Epictetus obtained his freedom sometime after the death of Nero in 68 AD, and he began to teach philosophy in Rome.
Simplicius stated that he had been lame from childhood.
Origen stated that his leg was deliberately broken by his master.
Somehow, he became crippled.
Early in life, Epictetus acquired a passion for philosophy and, with the permission of his wealthy owner, he studied Stoic philosophy under Musonius Rufus, which allowed him to rise in respectability as he grew more educated.
He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present day Pamukkale, Turkey) and spent his youth as a slave in Rome to Epaphroditos, a wealthy freedman and secretary to Nero. 55 - 135 AD) was a Greek Stoic philosopher.
Epictetus: - Epictetus (c
