Journal article
Memmius the Epicurean
- Abstract:
- In Fam. 13.1 Cicero, visiting Athens en route to Cilicia in the summer of 51 b.c., writes to C. Memmius L.f., praetor in 58 but by the time of Cicero's communication an exile in Athens after the shambolic consular elections for 53; Memmius was (temporarily, one assumes) absent from Athens in Mytilene, hence the need for Cicero to write to him. This letter, along with Att. 5.11.6 and 19.3, is our focus in the argument that follows, but, to summarize the situation in the very broadest terms, Cicero's concern in it is with Memmius’ intentions regarding a plot of land in Athens occupied by a house of Epicurus, and with the objections to Memmius’ plans that had been raised with Cicero by the scholarch of the Epicurean community in Athens, Patro.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1017/S0009838817000672
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Journal:
- Classical Quarterly More from this journal
- Volume:
- 67
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 528-541
- Publication date:
- 2017-10-12
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-01-11
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1471-6844
- ISSN:
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0009-8388
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pubs:670361
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670361
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- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- This is the author accepted manuscript following peer review version of the article. The final version is available online from Cambridge University Press at: 10.1017/S0009838817000672
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