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Damasippus

also: Damasippus

A Roman art-dealer and connoisseur active in the 40s BC, through whom the statues Gallus bought for Cicero (Fam. 7.23) were to pass; Cicero coins 'Pseudodamasippus' for any rival dealer. Plausibly the Damasippus whose bankruptcy and turn to Stoic philosophy Horace mocks in Satires 2.3.

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Mentioned in 4 works (5 total)

Ad Familiares 7.23 letters · 2 mentions
Ad Familiares 9.21 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 12.29 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 12.33 letters · 1 mention

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