C. Gargo'nius
a Roman eques, whom Cicero calls an unlearned rabulist, but a very fluent and shrewd speaker. (
Brut. 48).
A different person of the same name is ridiculed by Horace. (
Sat. 1.2. 27, 4. 92.)
It must be observed that in many MSS. and editions his name is written Gorgonius instead of Gargonius.
There is also a rhetorician of the name of Gargonius or Gorgonius (some read Gargius), who is mentioned by Seneca, but is otherwise wise unknown. (
Controv. 1.7, 4.24,
Suasor. 7.)
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