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Phaethon

Name: Cicero Entire
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Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero

also: Phaethon, Phaethonti

A courier to whom Cicero entrusted an earlier letter to Quintus during his exile (Q.fr 1.4). A slave or freedman; identity otherwise unknown.

Reading notes

Ad Atticum 3.8 §2 Phaethon the freedman
A freedman in Cicero's service acting as a courier during the exile, sent to intercept Quintus. Driven off course by weather, he failed to meet him and reached Cicero at Pella.

Aratea (Translation of Aratus' Phaenomena) phil · 1 mention

Ad Atticum 3.8 letter · 1 mention

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