Posted: Jun 24, 2020 9:57 am
Svartalf wrote:given dates of publication, seems unlikely to me.
Epictetus was a slave in Rome to Epaphroditos, secretary to Nero. Epaphroditos allowed Epictetus to study Stoic philosophy under Musonius Rufus, which enabled him to rise in respectability, so, when he obtained his freedom, sometime after the death of Nero in 68 A.D., he began to teach philosophy in Rome. Arrian studied under Epictetus and claimed to have written the famous Discourses from his lecture notes.