person
Scaeva
A man Cicero invokes as the type of the relentless creditor -- 'speak to Polla as though you were speaking to that Scaeva' -- in pressing the recovery of a debt (Att. 13.23); identity uncertain.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 13.23 §3 a Scaevola talking with him
Scaeva, invoked as the type of the relentless creditor: Cicero tells Atticus to deal with Polla as ruthlessly as that Scaeva would. The English renders the name loosely as 'Scaevola.'