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Loeb Diogenes Laertius names the slave Mys among Garden intimates

The same Loeb Book 10 names Mys, a slave, among those close to Epicurus, and the will frees some household dependants while the school still sits inside a slave economy. In the causal graph this event weakens Protection of Minority Rights, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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The same Loeb Book 10 names Mys, a slave, among those close to Epicurus, and the will frees some household dependants while the school still sits inside a slave economy.

Context

Admitting a slave to lessons is not abolition. It can be both a crack in citizen-only teaching and a continuation of ownership. Split the improving admission of non-citizens onto another row.

Epicurus is not the sole author of every later object, law, or museum label that uses the name. Shared work with courts, excavators, printers, spouses, officials, and later states does not erase a documented role, and it does not make an ancient person the signer of a twentieth-century statute.

Why it matters

A named slave in a founder-vita is evidence of household bondage, not of a rights charter.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Epicurus

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.32 · verified

    Garden founder as named in later editions and finds. Printers, excavators, and editors publish the instrument.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactLoeb Diogenes Laertius names the slave Mys among Garden intimates
    2. weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 1 January 1925 · verified

    A named slave in a founder-vita is evidence of household bondage, not of a rights charter.

    • Having a say in government

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — EpicurusEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Diogenes Laertius, Lives, Loeb / Hicks vol. 2Internet Archive / Loeb Classical Library scan · High credibility · verified

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorEpicurus
  2. contributed toFactLoeb Diogenes Laertius names the slave Mys among Garden intimates
  3. weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Loeb Diogenes Laertius names the slave Mys among Garden intimates. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ep-garden-slave-mys

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Accessed 15 October 2026.

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