person
Marcia
also: Marcia
The dedicatee of the consolation, a Roman noblewoman and daughter of the historian Cremutius Cordus. Three years after her son Metilius's death she remains inconsolable.
Reading notes
- Consolation to Marcia §1 Marcia
The dedicatee, a Roman noblewoman and daughter of the historian Cremutius Cordus, still mourning her son Metilius three years on.