Philodemus
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
in the texts
On the Embassy
Father of Philon and Epicrates and father of Aeschines' wife, credited with helping Demosthenes' deme enrollment.
And I myself, gentlemen, have three children, one daughter and two sons, by the daughter of Philodemus, the sister of Philon and Epicrates;
But you dared to speak about my wife’s family also—so shameless you are and so inherently thankless, you that have neither affection nor respect for Philodemus, the father of Philon and Epicrates, the man by whose good offices you were enrolled among the men of your deme, as the elder Paeanians know.
On Moral Ends
Epicurean philosopher and poet, named as an authority Torquatus would consult
When I had said this, 'I have those,' said Torquatus, 'to whom I may refer these matters;