person
Dossennus
The wily hunchback of Atellan farce, proverbial for cheap stage 'wisdom'; the quoted mock-epitaph ('read the wisdom of Dossennus') figures shallow sententiousness.
Reading notes
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §14.89.7 Dossennus
A stock cunning hunchback of Atellan farce, byword for cut-rate stage 'wisdom'; the quoted mock-epitaph invites the passer-by to 'read the wisdom of Dossennus.'