Table of contents : Contents List of Illustrations Preface Abbreviations Chapter I. Introduction: Philosophy and Society in Greece Chapter II. A Reconstruction of the Epicurean Policy on Recruitment and Conversion Chapter III. From Theory to Practice: Quantitative and Qualitative Problems of Epicurean Images Chapter IV. Iconographical Problems: On the Identification, Reconstruction, and Dating of Epicurus' Portrait Statue Chapter V. Iconological Problems: An Interpretation of Epicurus' Portrait Select Bibliography Index Plates