person
Demetrius
Freedman of Pompey the Great who grew richer than his patron. Seneca makes him the type of the slave to wealth, his slave-roll read off daily like an army.
Reading notes
- On Tranquility of Mind §8.6 Demetrius
A freedman of Pompey the Great who grew richer than his patron; the type of the man enslaved by his own riches.