 At the time Hyginus transcribed his fables, the leading philosophers in ancient Rome were the Stoics, and they were preoccupied with trying to escape the condition that Cura represents. To be Stoic was to pursue a state of mind they called securitas, being without worry, free from care. Securitas is the root of the modern word security. Securitas meant equanimity, the mental calm that the Stoics aspired to in their daily lives.