Author: losangelesstoics

The second ‘scholarch’ of the Stoic school, Cleanthes, died in 232 BCE.  In what would have corresponded to Oct. 6th … Read MoreSTOIC CALENDAR: Agyrmos 2022

September V marked the beginning of the most important Roman Festival of the year, Ludi Romani, in which games and … Read MoreSTOIC CALENDAR: Ludi Romani 2022

Augustus (or, Sextilis) XII marked the Roman Festival of Herculia which commemorated Herculi Invictus (Hercules the Victor). It corresponded with … Read MoreSTOIC CALENDAR: Herakleia 2022

In Plato’s Parmenides, the characters gather in the house of Pythadorus in the Kerameikos neighborhood of Athens just outside the … Read MoreSTOIC CALENDAR: Panathenaia 2022

It’s a slow process but I’m finding different ways to make our group and our website better. With the help … Read MoreGROUP UPDATE: Email Lists

Happy New Year! If we were following the Attic Lunisolar Calendar, today (June 30th) would be New Year’s Day. Like … Read MoreSTOIC CALENDAR: Attic New Years 2022

After a careful reading of letters 72 and 75 in Seneca’s Letters to Lucilius (trans. Graver & Long), my mind … Read MoreSeneca’s Stages of Progress

Today marks the 2,421st anniversary of Socrates’ death, which took place on June 15th, 399 BC in Athens. On May … Read MoreSTOIC CALENDAR: The Death of Socrates 2022

On the second day of Thargelion (May 16th in the Julian calendar), 399 BCE, at the age of 70 years … Read MoreSTOIC CALENDAR: The Trial of Socrates 2022

The Greek and Thracian festival of Bendideia fell on the nineteenth day of the month of Thargelion. The day in … Read MoreSTOIC CALENDAR: Bendideia 2022