What is "atticus"

Atticus, a Latin name meaning "Man of Attica", may refer to any of:

• Atticus, Christian martyr, one of Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Nictopolion, and Companions (d. 310)
• Atticus (philosopher) (fl. c. 175), Platonist philosopher and author of lost Plato commentary
• Atticus Browne (born 1991), West Indian cricketer
• Atticus Mitchell (born 1993), Canadian actor and musician
• Atticus Ross (born 1968), English musician
• Atticus Shaffer (born 1998), American actor
• Archbishop Atticus of Constantinople (406–425)
• Herodes Atticus (c. 101–177), a Greek rhetorician
• Titus Pomponius Atticus (112/109–35/32 BC), ancient Roman littérateur, philosopher, and correspondent with Cicero

• Atticus, character in Cicero's De Legibus
• Atticus, character in the The 39 Clues series of young adult novels
• Atticus Aldridge, character in Downton Abbey
• Atticus Fetch, character in Californication (TV series)
• Atticus Finch, central character in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
• Atticus Kodiak, character in novels by Greg Rucka
• Sir Atticus Moon, character in Big Time Movie
• Atticus O’Sullivan, main character of The Iron Druid Chronicles
• Atticus Rhodes, character in the English dub of the Japanese anime Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
• Atticus, character in Internet commercial of Petcube, Inc., played by Oleksandr Svirskyi''

• Atticus (band), an alternative rock band from Knoxville, Tennessee
• Atticus, novel by Ron Hansen
• Atticus the Storyteller’s 100 Greek Myths, collection of Greek mythology by Lucy Coats
• Atticus, part of the tympanic cavity of the middle ear
• Atticus Circle, non-profit organization advocating for LGBT issues in Texas
• Atticus Clothing, clothing line developed by musicians

Atticus (formed in 1995 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a rock band noted for progressive compositions, complex harmonies, innovative cover art, and a small but loyally devoted fan base. The band is named after the Atticus Finch character of To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961, and commonly picturized in posters and T-shirts developed by various print companies and Express clothing line. Atticus reunited with former Atticus guitarist Nick Swan for a special reunion show at the New City Cafe in Knoxville's Old City on July 16, 2005. The band officially went on indefinite hiatus on June 7, 2006 to pursue other artistic endeavors, though several side projects are underway.

Atticus (; fl. c. 175) was an ancient philosopher. All that is known of him comes from the fragments of his book preserved in Eusebius' Preparatio Evangelica. Atticus was vehemently anti- Peripatetic. His work was a polemic, possibly originating from the first holder of the Platonic philosophy chair at Athens under Marcus Aurelius.

It is not clear whether the polemic had a philosophical or a political motivation. Atticus insisted that Aristotle was an atheist, that he denied the existence of the soul, and that he rejected divine providence.

Atticus' position represents a version of Platonism according to which deviation from the literal word of the master means irredeemable heretical opposition. This version turns up occasionally in contemporary scholarship, as much in the writings of Aristotle's defenders as in those of Plato's defenders.