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Clodius Aesopus
Aesopus
The leading tragic actor of Cicero's day, friend of Cicero. By the games of 55 BC he was elderly; in Fam. 7.1 his voice fails him at the line ``si sciens fallo''.
Reading notes
- On Duties §1.114 Aesopus seldom \textit{Ajax}
Clodius Aesopus was the most celebrated Roman tragic actor of Cicero's day, a friend of his. The Ajax was a demanding heroic role he reserved for special occasions.
- Tusculan Disputations §2.39 Even if Eurypylus could, Aesopus could not
Clodius Aesopus, the leading Roman tragic actor of Cicero's youth and a friend of his. The joke is that the heroic restraint of Eurypylus's lines would be beyond even the great actor Aesopus to deliver without breaking down.