A clarification of the various ways in which it is possible to fear ‘death’: fearing dying, fearing being dead, regretting being mortal, fearing premature death. An initial examination of the viability of a rational therapy of these fears and of the Epicureans' awareness of the distinct ways in which it is possible to fear death.
Keywords: complete life, death, Epicurus, fear, harm, Lucretius, mortality, Philodemus, post mortem future,