person
Alexander of Pherae
also: Alexander
Fourth-century BC tyrant of Pherae in Thessaly, killed by his wife; a conflicting-laws example.
Reading notes
- On Duties §2.25 Alexander of Pherae
Tyrant of Pherae in Thessaly (d. 358 BC), notorious for cruelty; murdered by his wife Thebe and her brothers. Cicero uses his terror of his own wife as a portrait of the tyrant's misery.