Piecing Together Diogenes of Oinoanda

Diogenes was an Epicurean Greek from the 2nd century AD who carved a summary of the philosophy of Epicurus onto a portico wall in the ancient city of Oenoanda in Lycia. The surviving fragments of the wall, which originally extended about 80 meters, 25,000 words long and filled 260 square meters of wall space. Less than a third of it has been recovered.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Some Characteristics of the Text - Size Matters

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Most jigsaw puzzles have pieces that are all roughly the same size but in the case of the myriad fragments of the Great Epicurean Inscript...

Why a Stoa?

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The opposing philosophical school to the Epicureans was the Stoics. Why then did Diogenes decide to expose his great work to public view i...
Monday, January 19, 2015

The Format of the Inscription

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Here we have  a hypothetical reconstruction of the left part of the Diogenes inscription using empty, uninscribed blocks as placeholders a...
Monday, November 24, 2014

Fragment 9

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There are two pieces known as Fragment 9. The one we shall focus on here is that with Kalinka's numbering.  Ist Column ΠΟΛ...

Fragment 10

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This is the a piece in fairly good condition that was found in rubble by Kalinka in the square columned hall south of the Great Wall. ...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

Fragment 2 - The Preamble

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This is the beginning of the text of the great inscription.              Δίο[γε]νης τοις συνγενέ[σι              και ο ...

Fragment 1 - The Title Piece

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This is the title of great inscription and essentially begins with the author/patron's name. Διογε'νο[υς Οΐνοανόέως ...
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