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Apollonius Molon
Molon
also: Molon, Apollonius Molon, Molo
Apollonius Molon of Rhodes, the leading Greek rhetorician of the early first century BC, under whom Cicero studied at Rhodes in 78-77 BC. Here the butt of a pun (myloi, mill-stones, vs Molon).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 2.1 §9 given his pains rather to the millers than to Molon
A pun: Apollonius Molon was the famous Rhodian rhetorician under whom Cicero studied; the "millers" (Greek myloi, mill-stones) jibe that Nasica/Favonius spent his time at Rhodes grinding rather than learning eloquence from Molon.
- Brutus §245 the Rhodian discipline of Molon
The school of rhetoric at Rhodes headed by Apollonius Molon, which taught a middle style between Attic plainness and Asiatic exuberance; Cicero himself studied with Molon, as did T. Torquatus.