person
Cineas
also: Cineae, Cineas
Thessalian orator and diplomat, the trusted minister of Pyrrhus of Epirus, credited with epitomizing military and tactical writings. Cited in Fam. 9.25 alongside Pyrrhus as a supposed source of Paetus's strategic expertise.
Reading notes
- Tusculan Disputations §1.59 Cineas, who was sent as envoy by Pyrrhus to the Senate
Cineas of Thessaly, the eloquent minister of King Pyrrhus, said to have memorized the names of the entire Roman senate and people after a single day. A stock example of extraordinary memory.