2. A.Pompeius, is said to have been a fluteplayer, a report probably invented by the aristocracy for the purpose of degrading his son, a novas homo (Plut. Reg. et Imperat. Apopitl. p. 200).
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890