The homogeneity of the Epicurean Garden and the unchangeability of the texts of Epicurus has traditionally been interpreted as a form of orthodoxy towards the authority of the master and his authoritative texts. In this volume, an unprecedented combination of general approaches and case studies on specific individuals, texts, and phenomena will discuss the topic from different perspectives.

Jan Erik Heßler is lecturer at Würzburg University where he obtained his PhD with a commented edition on Epicurus Letter to Menoeceus. In addition to this book, he has written and edited studies on the school of Epicurus, Plato, the Greek rhetorical tradition, ancient Greek poetry, and the Christian reception of Terence. Michael Erler is Senior Professor and chair of the board of directors of the Siebold Collegium Institute for Advanced Studies (SCIAS) at Würzburg University. He is former president of International Plato Society (IPS), Gesellschaft für antike Philosophie (GanPh), Mommsen Gesellschaft, and has written monographs and essays on Plato, Platonism, Epicurus, Epicureanism, drama, and Hellenistic poetry. Federico M. Petrucci is Associate Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Turin. His research is focused especially on Plato and the Platonist tradition: he published a monograph on Taurus of Beirut (2018) and a commented critical edition of the Timaeus (with Franco Ferrari, 2022).

A reappraisal of the authority of Epicurus and his texts