person
Curtius Nicias
Nicias
also: Niciam, Niciae, Nicias
Curtius Nicias of Cos, a Greek grammarian and Homeric scholar in Cicero's and Dolabella's circle, noted as a wit and gourmet; here a party to a lawsuit Cicero is judging (Fam. 9.10) and recalled for the mushrooms served at his table.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 15.20 §1 what I can report to Nicias
Curtius Nicias of Cos, a Greek grammarian and wit in the circle of Cicero and Dolabella, evidently curious for news of Cicero's movements.
- Ad Familiares 9.10 §1 I am sitting as judge between our friend Nicias and Vidius
Curtius Nicias of Cos was a learned Greek grammarian and Homeric critic, a witty parasite welcome at the tables of Cicero and Dolabella. Here Cicero, sitting as a private arbiter (iudex), must decide a money dispute between Nicias and one Vidius over a record of debt.