Epicurus' Letters

Origin
Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosopher. He became famous for his teachings of atheism. He believed that there was no separation of the spirit and body, that life was finite, that gods did not control the events that took place on Earth, and that all creation was just atoms moving within empty space. He lived to be seventy two, though he suffered from kidney stones most of his life.

Effects
Those that read the scrolls aloud in ancient Greek will find themselves seeking out pleasure without fear of consequence. Users will later develop kidney stones accompanied by a burning sensation during urination.

Collection
Collected during the time of Warehouse 8. To cover up the collection story, Dante Alighieri wrote "The Divine Comedy", utilizing several artifacts for inspiration. Epicurus' letters inspired the 6th circle of Hell, for heretics. Those within that circle generally suffer great pain from burning. Those that committed the sins are locked in tombs or stuffed in holes, burning from the waist down, waist up, or engulfed in flaming tombs.