person
Chelidon
A favorite ('one of Cleopatra's catamites') who amassed a great fortune; Seneca's instance that wealth attaches to the basest of men.
Reading notes
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §87.16 Chelidon
A court favorite ('one of Cleopatra's catamites') who grew enormously rich; Seneca's example that fortune attaches even to the basest.