Federica Nicolardi - portrait

Federica Nicolardi

Franco Zeffirelli Italian Fellow in Ancient Studies
September 9, 2019–January 20, 2020
Profession
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Naples Federico II
Project title
Life of an Eminent Court Philosopher: Tracing Hellenistic History and Scholarship through the Vita Philonidis
Project description

Federica Nicolardi’s project focuses on three papyri from the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum that provide new information about the Epicurean philosopher and mathematician Philonides from Laodiceia-on-sea and his relations with the Seleucid court and other senior figures of Hellenistic philosophy. The papyri shed light on lesser-known aspects of Greek scholarship in the second century BC. The aim is to write a commentary on the text and a historical introduction to the edition of the work that will be useful to specialists and accessible nonspecialists.