Greek writer Pausanias visited the site of Menoeceus tomb in the 2nd century AD and recorded that Menoeceus committed suicide "in obedience to the oracle...

greatest tumults take possession of the soul. — Epicurus, "Letter to Menoeceus" Epicureans had a very specific understanding of what the greatest pleasure...

have been destroyed. Only three letters written by him—the letters to Menoeceus, Pythocles, and Herodotus—and two collections of quotes—the Principal...

grandson of the goddess Harmonia. His sister was Epeiros and his son was Menoeceus. Much of what is known about the character comes from the interpretation...

of Thebes. Eurydice was probably the mother of Creon's five children: Menoeceus (Megareus), Lycomedes, Haemon, Megara and Pyrrha. She appears briefly...

the fifth of the Principal Doctrines of Epicurus, and in his Letter to Menoeceus, where he says: "Prudence is the foundation of all these things and is...

gen.: Αἵμωνος) was the son of Creon and Eurydice, and thus brother of Menoeceus (Megareus), Lycomedes, Megara, Pyrrha and Henioche. The various sources...

Principal Doctrines are, together with Epicurus' Letters to Herodotus, Menoeceus, and Pythocles, the most authoritative writings in Epicureanism. The Principal...

Hippodamia, or Laonome, daughter of Guneus, or else Hipponome, daughter of Menoeceus. Amphitryon was the brother of Anaxo (wife of Electryon), and Perimede...

known as Epicaste (/ˌɛpɪˈkæstiː/; Ἐπικάστη Epikástē), was a daughter of Menoeceus, a descendant of the Spartoi Echion, and queen consort of Thebes. She...