person
Demaratus of Corinth
Demaratus
also: Damaratus, Damaratus, the father of our king Tarquin
A wealthy Corinthian who fled the tyranny of Cypselus and settled at Tarquinii in Etruria, where he established his fortune and fathered Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth king of Rome. Cicero cites him as a man who wisely chose the freedom of exile over servitude at home.
Reading notes
- Tusculan Disputations §5.109 Damaratus, indeed, the father of our king Tarquin
Demaratus of Corinth, who fled the tyrant Cypselus and settled at Tarquinii in Etruria, where he fathered Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, fifth king of Rome. He chose the freedom of exile over servitude at home.