[Epicurus,] son of Neocles; an Athenian, of the deme Gargettus. His mother was Chairestrate, and his brothers were Neocles, Chairedemus, Aristobulus or Aristodemus. He began to philosophize when he was 12 years old and he founded his own sect/school, first in Samos, where he spent some time with his parents. Later he was the head of his school in Mytilene for a number of years,[1] then in Lampsacus and thus [he moved] to Athens [where he settled] in a garden of his own. He studied under Nausiphanes the Democritean and under Pamphilus the disciple of Plato. [Epicurus] was born during the 109th Olympiad, seven years after Plato's death,[2] and his life extended until the successors [sc. of Alexander] and [sc. specifically] Antigonus Gonatas.[3] His school continued until the first Caesar, for 227 years. In these [years] there were 14 successors. [There are] very many writings of his.