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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) 62 62 Browse Search
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Frank Frost Abbott, Commentary on Selected Letters of Cicero, Letter XXXII: ad familiares 13.1 (search)
ro was at the head of the Epicurean school in Athens. Cicero was an adherent of the Academy, and had little in common with the Epicureans. de suis commodis et praemiis: possibly fees due him from his students, which Cicero helped him to collect. meme: the colloquial double form for the acc.; cf. Intr. 87b and the double form tete, Plaut. Epid. 82, Ter. Ad. 33. Phaedro: the Epicurean Phaedrus was one of Cicero's first teachers in philosophy. Philonem: until he came to Rome as a fugitive in 88 B.C. , Philo had been the leader of the New Academy at Athens. His teachings made a deep impression upon Cicero, and determined his philosophical attitude. uti te sibi placarem: Memmius and Patro had not been on good terms for some unknown reason; cf. Att. 5.11.6. illud parietinarum: with a minimizing force; cf. hoc litterarum, Ep. XXXIII. 3n. aedificationem: for aedificandi consilium (Manutius). offensiuncula: cf. pulchellus, Ep. V.10n. nisi: Brix, on Plaut. Trin. 233, says: 'nisi has after
Frank Frost Abbott, Commentary on Selected Letters of Cicero, Letter LXXX: ad familiares 9.8 (search)
and L. Licinius Lucullus in the second. When he learned from Atticus that Varro wished to have a work dedicated to him, he reconstructed the Academica, divided it into four books, and dedicated the whole work to Varro, making him a mouthpiece for the opinions of Antiochus of Ascalon. Cf. Att. 13.19.3; Att. 13.12.3; Att. 13.25.3. Antiochus, a pupil but not a follower of Philo, sought to harmonize Academic with Stoic and Peripatetic teaching. Philonis: Philo, the head of the Academy, fled in 88 B.C. from Athens to Rome, where Cicero attended his lectures; cf. Brut. 306 cum princeps Academiae Philo Romam venisset, totum ei me tradidi admirabili quodam ad philosophiam studio concitatus, in quo hoc etiam commorabar attentius, quod etsi rerum ipsarum varietas et magnitudo summa me delectatione retinebat, tamen sublata jam esse in perpetuum ratio iudiciorum videbatur. si videtur: cf. si tibi videtur, Ep. LXXV.4n. inter nos: sc. loquemur. superiorum temporum, etc.: the state of public aff