Meditations
Stoic exemplars see the Introduction. 1.16 My adopted father: Antoninus Pius. The sketch here seems to be a development and expa ...
unintelligible phrase, which some scholars interpret as a reference to “an oracle.” “we need the help.. .”: Apparently a quotati ...
prosecuted and condemned him. 3.6 as Socrates used to say: It is not clear whether Marcus is alluding to a specific passage (per ...
the Index of Persons). Only Camillus was well known; the others may have been purposely chosen for their obscurity. “unknown, un ...
exact English equivalent (“pervert,” although overly broad, at least has the right tone). Marcus is probably using it as a gener ...
7.12 not: The transmitted text reads “or,” but this can hardly be correct (compare 3.5). 7.15 Like gold or emerald or purple: Co ...
7.43 No chorus of lamentation: This might be a quotation, like the preceding entries, but if so, we do not know its source. 7.44 ...
8.35 We have various abilities... : The text here appears to be corrupt and the translation is necessarily uncertain. 8.38 Look ...
9.41 “During my illness.. .”: Epicurus frg. 191. 10.10 Sarmatians: One of the barbarian tribes Marcus spent his last decade figh ...
11.22 The town mouse: Aesop, Fables 297. The significance of the allusion is unclear. 11.23 “the monsters under the bed”: Plato, ...
12.3 “a sphere rejoicing.. .”: Empedocles frg. B 27 (also quoted at 8.41). 12.11a What it’s made of: Part of 12 in the manuscrip ...
Index of Persons This list covers only persons named, referred to, or quoted in the text of the Meditations itself. GRIPPA: Roma ...
RCHIMEDES: Mathematician, scientist and engineer (c. 287–212 B.C.) from the Greek city of Syracuse in Sicily, known especially f ...
marched on Rome in 49 B.C., precipitating a civil war against forces loyal to POMPEY and the Senate. After the defeat of the Rep ...
LOTHO: One of the three Fates of Greek mythology who are imagined as spinning or weaving human fortunes. (4.34) RATES: Cynic phi ...
IOTIMUS: Evidently an associate of HADRIAN (2), not otherwise known. (8.25, 8.37) OMITIUS: Unidentified, perhaps a student of AT ...
thanks in large part to his quotability and accessible style. (quoted 7.38, 7.40– 42, 7.50–51, 11.6) UTYCHES: Unknown; the compa ...
is almost certainly a later fiction. (3.3, 6.47, 8.3; quoted or paraphrased 4.46, 6.42) IPPARCHUS: Second-century B.C. Greek ast ...
ONIMUS: Fourth-century B.C. Cynic philosopher and student of DIOGENES. (2.15) ERO: Roman emperor (54–68); his name was a byword ...
OMPEY: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (106–48 B.C.), Roman politician and general who rose to power in the 60s on the basis of a series ...
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