person
Pilia
Wife of Atticus from c. 56 BC; mother of Pomponia (Caecilia Attica). A frequent dinner-partner in the late-50s correspondence.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 4.16 §4 the matter of Pilia
Pilia, the wife of Atticus, whose affairs Cicero is handling as a favour to his friend; he notes it will also commend him to his own daughter Tullia.
- Ad Atticum 12.48 §1 He will give us news of Pilia and Attica
Pilia was Atticus's wife and Attica (Caecilia Attica) their young daughter, whose illness recurs anxiously through book 12. Even amid his own grief Cicero keeps close track of their health through his couriers.
- Ad Atticum 14.2 §4 Pilia's lodging is ready; but I should have liked Attica's too
Pilia is Atticus's wife and Attica (Caecilia Attica) their young daughter; Cicero, devoted to the family, regrets that Attica was not coming to stay along with her mother.
- Ad Atticum 14.15 §3 our Pilia's villa
Pilia, Atticus's wife; Cicero, leaving for Pompeii, is handing the villa and its contents back into her keeping.
- Ad Atticum 16.6 §4 Give my best to Pilia and to Attica
Pilia was Atticus's wife and Attica (Caecilia Attica) their young daughter, both household favourites of Cicero who closes many letters with affectionate greetings to them.
- Ad Atticum 16.7 §8 you had written that Pilia was
Pilia was Atticus's wife; Cicero has heard alarming news, relayed through Brutus, that she had suffered a stroke, and closes with anxious greetings to her and to their daughter Attica.