person
Persius
also: Persius
A wealthy half-Greek (hybrida) trader at Clazomenae, brash and bitter-tongued, who out-abuses his enemy Rupilius Rex and ends with a pun on Brutus the king-slayer.
Reading notes
- The Satires §1.7 half-breed Persius
A wealthy half-Greek (hybrida) trader at Clazomenae, brash and venomous, whose courtroom abuse of Rupilius Rex is the satire's subject.