person
Metrodorus
also: Metrodorus
A skilled book-arranger or librarian who was helping put Cicero's library in order in the late 50s/40s BC; the index of the collection waited on his judgement. Distinct from the earlier rhetorician Metrodorus of Scepsis.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 16.20 §1 the index when Metrodorus likes
Metrodorus was evidently a skilled book-arranger or librarian helping put Cicero's library in order; the index (catalogue of titles) waits on his judgement. Distinct from the famous earlier rhetorician Metrodorus of Scepsis.