Attalus (Stoic)
Attalus (Greek: Ἄτταλος) 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.[1] He taught the philosopher Seneca,[2] who frequently quotes him, and speaks of him in the highest terms.[3] The elder Seneca describes him[1] 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;[4] and it is supposed that he may be the author of the Proverbs referred to by Hesychius[5] as written by one Attalus.
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "ATTALUS, literary". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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