LOTHO: One of the three Fates of Greek mythology who are imagined as
spinning or weaving human fortunes. (4.34)
RATES: Cynic philosopher (c. 365–285 B.C.) and disciple of DIOGENES. (6.13)
RITO: Most likely the physician Titus Statilius Crito, active under Trajan.
(10.31)
ROESUS: Sixth-century king of Lydia, famous for his wealth and power until his
kingdom fell to the Persians. (10.27)
EMETER: Greek goddess of agriculture. (6.43)
EMETRIUS (1) OF PHALERUM: Fourth-century B.C. philosopher, student of
THEOPHRASTUS and governor of Athens under Macedonian rule. (9.29)
EMETRIUS (2) THE PLATONIST: Probably not Demetrius (1), who was an
adherent of the Peripatetic school, not a Platonist. A Cynic philosopher
banished by VESPASIAN has also been suggested, but the reference is more
likely to a contemporary figure now unknown. (8.25)
EMOCRITUS: Pre-Socratic philosopher (c. 460–370 B.C.) best known for
developing the theory of atoms later adopted by the Epicureans. (3.3; quoted
4.3, 4.24, 7.31a)
ENTATUS: Manius Curius Dentatus, third-century B.C. Roman general. (4.33)
IOGENES: Greek philosopher (c. 400–c. 325 B.C.) and founder of the Cynic
school, notable for his extreme ascetic lifestyle and contempt for social
conventions. (8.3, 11.6)
IOGNETUS: Marcus’s drawing teacher (according to the Historia Augusta),
though the entry suggests that he played a greater role in Marcus’s
development than this might suggest. (1.6)
ION: Sicilian aristocrat, a protégé of Plato, who saw in him a potential
philosopher-king. (1.14)