person
Amynomachus
also: Amynomachus
One of the two named heirs of Epicurus (with Timocrates) in the philosopher's will, charged together with Hermarchus's oversight to fund the annual celebration of Epicurus's birthday and the monthly memorial feasts of the school. Cicero quotes the bequest in De Finibus 2.101 to expose the inconsistency of a man who taught that death is nothing to us.
Reading notes
- On the Ends of Good and Evil §2.101 Amynomachus and Timocrates, his heirs
The two Athenians named as Epicurus's heirs in his will, charged with funding the school's commemorative feasts. Cicero quotes the bequest to show that a man who taught "death is nothing to us" nonetheless legislated for his posthumous memory.