Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Aesōpus, Clodius

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Aesōpus, Clodius

A great tragic actor at Rome, a contemporary of Quintus Roscius (q.v.), and, like him, on intimate terms with Cicero. Aesopus appeared upon the stage for the last time at the dedication of Pompey's theatre in B.C. 55. He left a large fortune to his son, who wasted it in luxury and dissipation, on one occasion dissolving a pearl worth $40,000, and swallowing it, in order to outdo the famous exploit of Cleopatra.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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