- Batis of Lampsacus
Batis (or Bates) of
Lampsacus , was a student ofEpicurus at Lampsacus in the early3rd century BC . She was the sister of Metrodorus and wife of Idomeneus. [Diogenes Laertius, x. 23.] When her son died, Metrodorus wrote to his sister offering comfort,Seneca, "Epistles", xcviii. 9] telling her that "all the Good of mortals is mortal," and "that there is a certain pleasure akin to sadness, and that one should give chase thereto at such times as these." [Seneca, "Epistles", xcix. 25. cf. Plato, "Phaedo", 59a] Epicurus, for his part, wrote a letter to Batis on the death of Metrodorus in277 BC . ["Pap. Herc." 176]Among the various fragments of letters discovered among the
papyri at Herculaneum, some may have been written by Batis. [Klauck, H., Bailey, D., (2006), "Ancient Letters And the New Testament: A Guide to Context And Exegesis", page 154. Baylor University Press.]Notes
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