Attalus (Stoic)

Attalus (Stoic)

Attalus was a Stoic philosopher in the reign of Tiberius (c. 25 AD), who was defrauded of his property by Sejanus, and reduced to cultivating the ground.Seneca, "Suasoriae", 2.] He taught the philosopher Seneca, [Seneca, "Epistles." 108.] who frequently quotes him, and speaks of him in the highest terms. [Compare "Naturales Quaestiones", ii. 50, "Epistles", 9, 63, 67, 72. 81, 109.] The elder Seneca describes him as a man of great eloquence, and by far the acutest philosopher of his age. We have mention of a work of his on lightning; [Seneca, "Naturales Quaestiones", ii. 48.] and it is supposed that he may be the author of the "Proverbs" referred to by Hesychius [Hesychius, "Korinnousi".] as written by one Attalus.

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