person
Damasippus
also: Damasippe
A bankrupt art-dealer turned zealous Stoic convert; he harangues Horace with Stertinius's doctrine that all fools are mad, then turns it on Horace himself.
Reading notes
- The Satires §2.3 counsel, Damasippus
A ruined art-dealer turned fervent Stoic, who badgers Horace with the doctrine that all fools are mad — and ends by applying it to Horace himself.