Rabirius
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
the poet Rabirius
in the texts
Academica
Latin writer grouped with Amafinius as lacking philosophical rigor.
for you have learned that we cannot be like Amafinius or Rabirius, who, with no art brought to bear, dispute about matters set before the eyes in everyday speech, define nothing, divide nothing, draw no conclusions by fitting question and answer, and in the end think there is no art either of speaking or of reasoning.
On Benefits
Roman poet whose verse on the fall of Marcus Antonius is quoted approvingly by Seneca.
1 Excellently, it seems to me, does Marcus Antonius speak in the poet Rabirius, when he sees his fortune passing over to another and nothing left him save the right of death, and that too if he seize it quickly, crying out: