person
Telesphorus of Rhodes
Telesphorus
A friend of Lysimachus, mutilated on his orders and caged like a beast as an example of a tyrant's cruelty.
Reading notes
- On Anger §3.17 Telesphorus of Rhodes
A friend of Lysimachus mutilated on his orders and caged as a beast.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §8.70.6 famous Rhodian
By tradition Telesphorus of Rhodes, a friend of the Successor king Lysimachus, who had him mutilated and kept in a cage like a beast; his clinging to life on any terms is Seneca's specimen of cowardice.