Epicureans

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Epicureans
     followers of Epicurus (who died at Athens B.C. 270), or
     adherents of the Epicurean philosophy (Acts 17:18). This
     philosophy was a system of atheism, and taught men to seek as
     their highest aim a pleasant and smooth life. They have been
     called the "Sadducees" of Greek paganism. They, with the Stoics,


     ridiculed the teaching of Paul (Acts 17:18). They appear to have
     been greatly esteemed at Athens.