person
Damippus
A Lacedaemonian sent by Syracuse to King Philip and captured by the Romans; his ransom-parley gave Marcellus his opening.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 25 §23 Damippus, a Lacedaemonian
A Spartan envoy of the Syracusans to Philip, captured by Rome; the parley over his ransom lets a Roman spy out the wall's true height (§23).