person
Eros Turius
Eros
also: Erotem Turium, Eros Turius
A freedman of Q. Turius who was attempting to make off with (avert) the Turian inheritance from the legitimate heirs. Cicero asks Cornificius to stop him (Fam. 12.26).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 10.15 §1 Eros, the agent of Philotimus, will tell you
Eros was a financial accountant who kept the books of Cicero's circle; Philotimus was Terentia's freedman and a busy steward of the family's money. Cicero routinely referred Atticus to such agents for the precise figures of his tangled loans.
- Ad Atticum 12.7 §1 written in a set of notes and given to Eros
Codicilli were small wax tablets used for memoranda and short messages, here carrying Cicero's detailed reply. Eros was an accountant-secretary who handled Cicero's affairs.
- Ad Familiares 12.26 §2 Eros Turius, the freedman of Q. Turius
A freedman bore his patron's nomen (here Turius); freedmen often managed a patron's business and could attempt to divert an inheritance, as Eros is alleged to be doing.