Marcus Tullius Tiro
57. Tiro, the slave and freedman, deserves a place among the members of
Cicero's family because of the intimate terms upon which he lived with all the
members of it. He was his master's secretary and accompanied him wherever he
went. Cicero's affection for him is evident from the letters of Bk. 16,
ad Fam., most of which are letters written to Tiro by Cicero. He was a man of
cultivation, and his criticism was of great service to Cicero, who writes to
him: tu, qui κανὼν esse meorum scriptorum soles.220
He did some independent literary work in writing a life of his patron,221
in making a collection of his witticisms,222
and in editing a collection of stenographical abbreviations. He apparently wrote some tragedies also.223
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