Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Epicurus -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The maxim λαθε βιωσας and Epicurus' extant writings -- 2.3. The maxim λαθε βιωσας in secondary sources -- 2.3.1. The maxim itself -- 2.3.2. The maxim in its broader context -- 2.4. The motivations behind λαθε βιωσας -- Chapter Three. The Epicureans of the first generation: Epicurus' συμφιλοσοφοθντες -- 3.1. A quick glance in the Garden -- 3.2. Metrodorus -- 3.3. Hermarchus -- 3.4. Colotes -- Chapter Four. Later generations of the school -- 4.1. Lucretius -- 4.1.1. Introduction -- 4.1.2. Lucretius' political philosophy in De rerum natura -- 4.1.3. Living unnoticed? Lucretius' ultimate ambitions -- 4.2. Philodemus -- 4.2.1. Introduction -- 4.2.2. The autonomy of politics... -- 4.2.3. ... and of philosophy -- 4.2.4. The interaction of two separate worlds -- 4.2.5. Living unnoticed in the face of death? -- 4.2.6. Conclusion -- 4.3. Diogenes of Oenoanda -- Chapter Five. Conclusion -- Chapter Six. Appendix: Augustan poetry -- 6.1. Virgil -- 6.2. Horace -- 6.3. Ovid -- Bibliography -- Indices -- Index nominum -- Index locorum -- Index rerum.