Quotes:Figulus, Publius Nigidius

Zirkoff, Boris

Figulus, Publius Nigidius (ca. 98-45 b.c.). Roman savant, next to Varro the most learned Roman of the age. Friend of Cicero whom he supported at the time of the Catilinarian conspiracy. In 58 he was praetor, sided with Pompey in the Civil War, was banished by Caesar and died in exile. According to Cicero, he tried to revive the doctrines of Pythagoras and was greatly interested in magic. Suetonius and Apuleius credit him with supernatural powers. In his work De diis, he examined cults, ceremonials, divination and dreams. His other work in many volumes is the Commentarii grammatici.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 11, p. 574