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The Metropolitan Museum accessions and later publishes a marble head of Epicurus

In 1911 the Met accessioned a Roman copy of a Hellenistic Epicurus portrait type (11.90), later a public Heilbrunn/collection object. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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In 1911 the Met accessioned a Roman copy of a Hellenistic Epicurus portrait type (11.90), later a public Heilbrunn/collection object. The sitter did not sit in New York.

Context

A public portrait in a civic museum is a shared image of a named teacher. It can support teaching and also freeze a face as a brand.

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.

Who was responsible

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

  • Epicurus

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.16 · 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. FactThe Metropolitan Museum accessions and later publishes a marble head of Epicurus
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 1 January 1911 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.11 (weight 0.25 × 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 Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.11 (weight 0.25 × 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.British Museum — portrait of Epicurus (Sculpture 1843)British Museum · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Met — marble head of Epicurus (11.90)Metropolitan Museum of Art · High credibility · verified

Causal path

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

  1. ActorEpicurus
  2. contributed toFactThe Metropolitan Museum accessions and later publishes a marble head of Epicurus
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). The Metropolitan Museum accessions and later publishes a marble head of Epicurus. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ep-met-epicurus-head

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Accessed 16 October 2026.

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