Note 7 — CAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS TO HIS FRIEND TITUS VESPASIAN.
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His real name was Tyrtamus, but in consequence of the beauty of his style, he acquired the appellation by which he is generally known from the words θειος φρασις. Cicero refers to him in Brutus, 121; Orator, 17; and on various other occasions.