Cineas

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Cineas was a minister of Thessaly, and an ambassador and friend of Pyrrhus of Epirus. Pyrrhus' military compaigns coincided with the initial spread of Epicureanism throughout the Mediterranean World. Cineas was well aware of Epicurus' Philosophy and found more than one occasion to float Epicurean ideas in conversation, which are preserved by Plutarch in his Life of Pyrrhus.

The first example entails an ingenious moral:

As Pyrrhus was preparing to sail to Italy, Cineas, his chief ambassador, had the following conversation with him:
Cineas began: "The Romans are reported to be great warriors and conquerors of many nations. If the gods permit us to overcome them, how shall we use our victory?"
"That is an easy question," responded Pyrrhus. "Once we conquer the Romans, there will not be any city in all of Italy that will resist us."
Cineas paused, then asked: "Once we have Italy, what next?"
"Sicily, which is a wealthy island, should be easy to take," said Pyrrhus.
Cineas continued: "You speak what is perfectly probable, but will the possession of Sicily put an end to the war?"
"Carthage and Africa would then be within reach," said Pyrrhus, "and once we have them, who in the world would dare to oppose us?"
"No one, certainly," said Cineas, "And then what shall we do?"
Pyrrhus still did not see where he had been led by this argument, so he said: "Then, my dear Cineas, we will relax, and drink all day, and amuse ourselves with pleasant conversation."
"What prevents us from doing that now?" said Cineas, "We already have enough to make that possible without any more hard work, suffering, and danger."
The logic of this argument troubled Pyrrhus, but he was unwilling to abandon the hopes of what he so much desired.

The second example speaks of Epicureanism explicitly:

Caius Fabricius, who was famous as a good soldier and an honest man, came from Rome to the camp of Pyrrhus to negotiate for the release of the Roman prisoners. Fabricius was extremely poor. Pyrrhus was very courteous to him, and tried to persuade him to accept some gold, claiming that it was offered only as a gesture of respect and hospitality and not for any evil purpose. Fabricius declined the gift.
The next day, Pyrrhus had a fully armored elephant placed outside the tent behind Fabricius as they talked. On his signal, the tent flap was lifted and the elephant trumpeted over Fabricius' head. Fabricius gently turned around, smiling, then said to Pyrrhus: "Neither your money yesterday, nor this beast today, has impressed me at all."
That night, the conversation turned to the philosophers of Greece. Cineas explained the doctrine of the Epicureans: the belief that the gods do not care about what happens on earth, but rather enjoy a life completely without business and devoted to fun, so the chief good is pleasure, and therefore a man should avoid taking on responsibilities. Before Cineas had finished with his explanation, Fabricius exclaimed: "Oh Hercules! May our enemies always entertain themselves with this sort of opinion as long as they are at war with us!"
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