Memmius

What we can say for sure is that the poem is dedicated and addressed to a Roman aristocrat named Memmius, although it is not altogether certain which member of the Memmius family this was.

Lucretius Sedley, David 2008

Lucretius expresses a hope for Memmius 'friendship, but that does not rule out the possibility of an asymmetric client-patron relation, as distinct from one of genuine social equality.

Lucretius Sedley, David 2008

His name was Gaius Fonteius Capito, and he was as handsome as any Memmius, as well educated as any Mucius Scaevola.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

See the letters of Memmius to Cicero; and answer them if you can.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

His name was Gaius Fonteius Capito, and he was as handsome as any Memmius, as well educated as any Mucius Scaevola.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Epicurism to Memmius, and had the honour to be set forth the second time by Cicero, so great a father of the Commonwealth; although himself disputes against that opinion in his own writings.

Areopagitica 2007

Lucretius, Memmius, and a few other such men, might live very reputably together; this we see in all countries; philosophize as much as you please among yourselves.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

Epicurism to Memmius, and had the honour to be set forth the second time by Cicero, so great a father of the Commonwealth; although himself disputes against that opinion in his own writings.

Areopagitica 2007

This is a difficulty that often gives me a fever, but I beg you will read the letters of Memmius.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

Memmius, that he was forced to let fall the accusations, and abandon the contest.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003