Batis of Lampsacus
Batis (or Bates) of Lampsacus, was a student of Epicurus at Lampsacus in the early 3rd century BC. She was the sister of Metrodorus and wife of Idomeneus.[1] When her son died, Metrodorus wrote to his sister offering comfort,[2] telling her that "all the Good of mortals is mortal,"[2] and "that there is a certain pleasure akin to sadness, and that one should give chase thereto at such times as these."[3] Epicurus, for his part, wrote a letter to Batis on the death of Metrodorus in 277 BC.[4]
Among the various fragments of letters discovered among the papyri at Herculaneum, some may have been written by Batis.[5]
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