ABSTRACT
While on holiday in the country, Cicero wished to consult some books not in his possession, so he repaired to the library of his friend Lucullus. There, he found Marcus Cato "surrounded by piles of Stoic books." 1 Stoics were apparently famous for their literary production: Plutarch describes Chrysippus as a man who put down absolutely everything that came into his head, while Lucian satirizes the bookishness of Hermotimus, an aspiring and rather ingenuous adherent of Stoicism. 2 Members of the School had a reputation, it seems, for being eager producers and consumers of books.
