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Siro the Epicurean

Siro the Epicurean

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Siro (also Syro, Siron, or Syron; fl. c. 50 BC) was an 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]

Cicero also mentions Siro several times and speaks of Siro along with Philodemus as being "excellent citizens and most learned men."[4] The 5th-century commentator Servius claimed that Siro was commemorated in Virgil's sixth Eclogue as the character Silenus.[5]

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  1. [1]
    Donatus, Vita Vergilii, 79.
  2. [2]
    Virgil, Catalepton, 5; Catalepton, 8.
  3. [3]
    Virgil, Catalepton, 5.
  4. [4]
    Cicero, de Finibus, ii. 35
  5. [5]
    Servius on Eclogue 6.1
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