person
Demetrius of Magnesia
Greek polymath, biographer and bibliographer of Cicero's day; cited in the letters as a literary correspondent.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 4.11 §2 Demetrius of Magnesia
Greek polymath and writer of biographical and bibliographical works; here a slave or freedman bearing the name, sent as a courier so that Atticus will always have a man at hand to bring back letters.
- Ad Atticum 8.11 §7 a book by Demetrius of Magnesia
Demetrius of Magnesia was a Greek scholar and friend of Atticus; the treatise Cicero wants, "On Concord" (Peri homonoias), suited his anxious meditation on whether concord between Caesar and Pompey was still possible.
- Ad Atticum 8.12 §6 the book of Demetrius of Magnesia on concord
Demetrius of Magnesia was a Greek scholar and friend of Atticus; his treatise On Concord (peri homonoias) was topically apt as the Republic split into civil war. Cicero asks Atticus more than once to forward his copy.
- Ad Atticum 9.9 §2 Demetrius's book on concord
Demetrius of Magnesia was a Greek scholar and friend of Atticus; his treatise On Concord (Peri homonoias) suited Cicero's anxious meditation on whether peace between Caesar and Pompey was still possible. Cicero notes he has now sent the book back, the hope of a peace settlement having collapsed.