ANAGNOSTAE
ANAGNOSTAE also called
Lectores,
were slaves, who were employed by the educated Romans in reading to them
during meals, the bath, and at other times. (
Cic.
Att. 1.1. 2,
Fam. 5.9, 2;
Nep. Att. 14;
Suet. Aug.
78;
Mart. 3.50;
Plin. Ep. 1.15,
3.5,
14,
9.36;
Gel. 3.19.)
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