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Ep. 15: Lame from an Early Age
Julian Vale explores the early life of Epictetus as an enslaved youth in Rome and weighs the famous tale of torture against the quieter, better-supported historical evidence.
Source: Biographical Note on Epictetus, tr. George Long (Project Gutenberg #10661), https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10661
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