Cotta
historical figure · 2 works · 8 mentions · 17 anchored passages
C. Cotta · her son · her son Cotta · him
in the texts
On the Nature of the Gods
The Academic skeptic and pontiff who responds to Velleius's Epicurean exposition, arguing point by point against atomism and the anthropomorphic conception of the gods.
Then Cotta, courteously, as was his way, said:
For what would you take to cease being an Epicurean?
I have known Epicureans who worship every little image.
Consolation to Helvia
Son of Rutilia, exiled and later restored to prominence in the state before his death.
Rutilia followed her son Cotta into exile and was so bound by her devotion that she chose to suffer exile rather than the longing for him, and did not return to her country until she returned with her son.