Antipater, of Tyre (1st century), friend of Cato the younger; a Stoic, [ii, 86].

Antonius, Marcus, the famous orator (143-87), [ii, 49]; advocate, [iii, 67]; father of Cicero's colleague and grandfather of the triumvir.

Apelles, of Cos (4th century), the greatest painter of his age; court painter to Alexander the Great; his masterpiece was a Venus rising from the sea; another Venus left unfinished, [iii, 10].

Apollo, god of the light of day; giver of oracles at Pytho, [ii, 77].

Appetite, subject to Reason, [i, 101-103], [132], [141].

[Appius] Claudius Pulcher, father of Gaius, [ii, 57].

Aquilius; Gaius Aquilius Gallus, famous jurist; Cicero's colleague in the praetorship; author of formulae on criminal fraud, [iii, 60-61].

Aquilius, Manius, consul (101) with Marius; victorious in the Servile War in Sicily; prosecuted (98) but acquitted, [ii, 50].

Aratus, of Sicyon, soldier and statesman (271-213), removed the tyrant Nicocles (251) and averted financial ruin, [ii, 81], [82]; leader of the Achaean League; poisoned by order of Philip of Macedon.

Areopagites, members of the Council of Areopagus.