Chrysogonus
- L. Cornelius, a freedman of Sylla.—
- II A slave of Verres, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92.—
- III A player on the cithara, Juv. 6, 74; Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6; cf. id. ib. 43, 124.
(Χρυσόγονος.)
1. A celebrated player on the flute, who dressed in a sacred robe (πυθικὴ στογή) played to keep the rowers in time, when Alcibiades made his triumphal entry into the Peiraeeus on his return from banishment in B. C. 407. From a conversation between the father of Chrysogonus and Stratonicus, reported by Athenaeus, it seems that Chrysogonus had a brother who was a dramatic poet. Chrysogonus himself was the author of a poem or drama entitled Πολιτεία, which some attributed to Epicharmus. (Athen. 12.535d, viii. p. 350e., xiv. p. 648d.)
2. The father of the poet Samus, was an intimate friend and devoted servant of Philip V. of Macedon. (B. C. 220-179.) He was employed by Philip both in war and in peace, and possessed great influence with the king, which he seems to have exercised in an honourable manner, for Polybius says that Philip was most merciful when he followed the advice of Chrysogonus. (Plb. 5.9, 97, 7.12, 9.23.)
a favourite freedman of Sulla, purchased, at Sulla's sale of the goods of the proscribed, the property of S. Roscius Amerinus, which was worth 250 talents, for 2000 denarii, and afterwards accused Roscius's son, who was also named S. Roscius Amerinus, of the murder of his father. (B. C. 80.) Cicero pronounced his first public oration in defence of Roscius, and in that oration we have a powerful picture of the profligate character of Chrysogonus. It cannot be said with certainty whether in this proceeding Chrysogonus was, as Plutarch affirms, merely the instrument of Sulla. (Plut. Cic. 3; Cic. pro S. Rose. Amer.; Plin. Nat. 35.18. s. 58.) [P.S]
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…desinant aliquando dicere male aliquem locutum esse, si qui vere ac libere locutus sit, desinant suam causam cum Chrysogono communicare, desinant, si ille laesus sit, de se aliquid detractum arbitrari, videant ne turpe miserumque sit…
Cicero, pro S. Roscio Amerino
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…causa quaestionem de eis haberi non volt minime, iudices ; non in omnis arbitror omnia convenire. ego in Chrysogono, quod ad me attinet, nihil eius modi suspicor ; neque hoc mihi nunc primum in mentem venit dicere…
Cicero, pro S. Roscio Amerino
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…praedia vel nobilissima Capitoni propria traduntur, quae hodie possidet ; in reliquas omnis fortunas iste T. Roscius nomine Chrysogoni, quem ad modum ipse dicit, impetum facit. haec omnia, iudices, imprudente L. Sulla facta…
Cicero, pro S. Roscio Amerino
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…num ergo dubium est quin ei obtulerint hanc praedam Chrysogono qui ab eo partem praedae tulerunt age nunc ex ipsius Chrysogoni iudicio Rosciorum factum consideremus. si nihil in ista pugna Roscii quod operae pretium esset fecerant, quam ob causam…
Cicero, pro S. Roscio Amerino
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…quem ad moduni dicimus fac ad manum ilium codiceni. hic ego audire istos cupio in hoc capite de potentia Chrysogoni invidiam facit, ut enunieret singula deliciarum genera, quod habeat pluris possessiones, mancipia, quae omnia dicit de…
Cicero, pro S. Roscio Amerino
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…; neque enim, cum de hoc quaeritur, in dominos quaeritur ; vos enim dominos esse dicitis. cum Chrysogono sunt. ita credo ; litteris eorum et urbanitate Chrysogonus ducitur ut inter suos omnium deliciarum atque omnium artium puerulos…
Cicero, pro S. Roscio Amerino
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…is occisus est Chrysogono nuntiatur. quaeritur etiam nunc quis cum nuntium miserit nonne perspicuum est eundem qui Ameriam curat Chrysogonus ut eius bona veneant statim ; qui non norat hominem aut rem. at qui ei venit in mentem praedia…
Cicero, pro S. Roscio Amerino
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…censes posse talibus viris, si ne causam quidem malefici protuleris si hunc apud bonorum emptores ipsos accusares eique iudicio Chrysogonus praeesset, tamen diligentius paratiusque venisses. Vtrum quid agatur non vides, an apud quos agatur agitur de parricidio…
Cicero, pro S. Roscio Amerino
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…vere dicere, sed in hac causa coniectura nihil opus est ; ipsos certo scio non negare ad haec bona Chrysogonum accessisse impulsu suo. si eum qui indici causa partem acceperit oculis cernetis, poteritisne dubitare, iudices, qui…
Cicero, pro S. Roscio Amerino
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…loco nati sunt facerent, et res publica ex illis et ipsi ex invidia minus laborarent. verum si a Chrysogono, iudices, non impetramus ut pecunia nostra contentus sit, vitam ne petat, si ille adduci non potest…
Cicero, pro S. Roscio Amerino
A favourite freedman of Sulla , and a man of profligate character. He was the false accuser of Sex. Roscius, whom Cicero defended, B.C. 80.