Siro the Epicurean

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Siro the Epicurean

Siro (also Syro, Siron, or Syron) was an Epicurean philosopher who lived c. 50 BC.

He was a teacher of Virgil

Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro was a classical Roman poet, best known for three major works?the Bucolics , the Georgics and the Aeneid?although several Appendix Vergiliana are also attributed to him....
, and taught at his school in Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old....
. There are two poems attributed to Virgil in the Appendix Vergiliana

Appendix Vergiliana

The Appendix Vergiliana is a collection of writings traditionally ascribed as juvenilia of Virgil, although there are general doubts as to their authorship....
, which mention Siro, and where the author speaks of seeking peace in the company of Siro:

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Siro (also Syro, Siron, or Syron) was an Epicurean philosopher who lived c. 50 BC.

He was a teacher of Virgil

Virgil

Naples

Appendix Vergiliana

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.

Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Ancient Rome philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Constitution of the Roman Republic. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest rhetoric and prose stylists....
also mentions Siro several times and speaks of Siro along with Philodemus

Philodemus

Philodemus of Gadara was an Epicurean philosopher and poet. He studied under Zeno of Sidon in Athens, before moving to Rome, and then to Herculaneum....
as being "excellent citizens and most learned men." The 5th-century commentator Servius claimed that Siro was commemorated in Virgil's sixth Eclogue
Bucolics

The Eclogues are the first of the three major works of the Latin poet Virgil.Imitating the Greek Bucolica by Theocritus, Virgil created a Roman version partly by offering a dramatic and mythic interpretation of revolutionary change at Rome in the turbulent period between roughly 44 and 38 BC....
as the character Silenus.