person
Quintus Mucius Scaevola the Augur
Scaevola the Augur
also: Q. Mucius
Roman jurist (c. 159-88 BC), consul 117, augur, son-in-law of Laelius and father-in-law of Crassus the orator. Speaker on the first day of De Oratore. To be distinguished from his cousin Q. Mucius Scaevola the Pontifex.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 4.16 §3 the character of Scaevola
Q. Mucius Scaevola the augur, jurist and son-in-law of Laelius; Atticus complained that Cicero withdrew him after book 1, and Cicero here defends the dramaturgical choice.
- Brutus §212 the augur
Augur: a member of the priestly college that interpreted the will of the gods from the flight of birds and other signs; Q. Mucius Scaevola the augur was also reckoned the foremost jurist of his day.
- On the Ends of Good and Evil §1.9 Mucius, in short, had justice on his side
Mucius is Q. Mucius Scaevola the Augur, who had prosecuted Albucius for extortion. The verse means Scaevola was justified in his mocking Greek greeting because of Albucius's affectations.
- Eighth Philippic §31 Quintus Scaevola the augur
Q. Mucius Scaevola the Augur, the aged jurist who in the Social (Marsic) War still came first into the Senate-house each day despite ill health. Cicero offers him as the model of diligence the consulars ought to imitate.