THE LIFE

OF EPICTETUS original: "Epicteti Vita"

Epictetus, a philosopher of the Stoic school original: "Stoicae sectae", was a native of Hierapolis. (Hierapolis is a city in Caria A region in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey., located not far from Laodicea.) He was a slave by status, as Aulus Gellius also testifies in his Attic Nights original: "Noctibus Atticis," a famous 2nd-century work of miscellany containing notes on history and philosophy.. For he served in Rome under Epa- The text breaks off here at the catchword; historical records indicate he served Epaphroditus, a powerful freedman and secretary to the Emperor Nero.