Metellus
historical figure · 7 works · 7 mentions · 8 anchored passages
that famous Metellus
in the texts
On Moral Ends
Roman figure whose fortunate life is contrasted with that of Regulus
He says the life of Metellus is not happier than that of Regulus, yet to be preferred — not more to be sought, but more to be taken;
On the Nature of the Gods
Roman figure of the First Punic War, cited as favored by divine help
in the first Punic War, Calatinus, Duellius, Metellus, Lutatius;
Tusculan Disputations
Roman noble cited as the paradigm of unbroken good fortune at death, in contrast to Priam.
that famous Metellus, with his four honoured sons, or Priam with his fifty, of whom seventeen were born of his lawful wife;
each man hopes for the fortune of Metellus for himself, just as though either the fortunate were more in number than the unhappy, or there were anything certain in human affairs, or to hope were wiser than to fear.
Letters to Lucilius
Roman statesman who endured exile bravely.
Metellus bore exile bravely, Rutilius even gladly;
On Providence
Metellus, a Roman figure who went blind, cited alongside Appius as evidence that blindness is not reserved for the deserving.
therefore let Appius and Metellus be deprived of the light.
On the Shortness of Life
Roman general who triumphed over the Carthaginians in Sicily and led captured elephants in his triumph.
this same man related that Metellus, triumphing over the Carthaginians defeated in Sicily, was the only one of all the Romans to lead a hundred and twenty captured elephants before his car;
Adversus Marcionem
Roman figure cited as inventor of the god Alburnus.
Otherwise, if man will invent a god in the way that Romulus invented Consus and Tatius Cloacina and Hostilius Pavor and Metellus Alburnus and a certain one before this time Antinous, this will be lawful for others too.