Empedocles of Acragas Committed Suicide by Jumping into a Volcano

Medieval depiction of Empedocles of Acragas throwing himself into Mount Etna. Source: Public domain

Empedocles of Acragas was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in the 5th century BC. 

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Source: Ancient Origins

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