Cornelius Epicadus
Cornelius Epicadus (fl.1st century BC) was a Roman author, grammarian, and teacher of grammar. He was a freedman of the Roman dictator Cornelius Sulla, and his attendant (calator) in taking the auspices. He "was the live-in tutor of Sulla's son," Faustus.[1] He is most noted for completing the memoirs of his former master.[2] He also wrote the works De cognominibus, De metris, and other antiquarian works, now lost.[1]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b Adams, Sean A. (2019). Scholastic Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. pp. 135–136. ISBN 9783110660982. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ Suetonius; Rolfe, C.J. (tr) (1914). On Grammarians. Loeb Classical Library. p. 12.1. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
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