person
Alexis
also: Alexis
Atticus's literate slave, called by Cicero 'the image of Tiro', who regularly adds his greetings at the foot of Atticus's letters.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 12.10 §1 the very image of Tiro
Alexis was Atticus's literate slave-secretary, whom Cicero repeatedly likens to his own beloved freedman Tiro for his diligence and charm. Here Cicero offers to take Alexis into his own household if plague threatens.
- Ad Atticum 16.15 §1 I seem to recognize Alexis
Alexis was Atticus's confidential secretary, much as Tiro was Cicero's; Cicero teases that he can detect Alexis's hand even in Atticus's dictated letters.