She was a sister of Atticus, but she did not share her brother's tact and universal good-will.

Marcus Cicero has recorded (_ad Att._ v.

I) a scene in which her ill-temper was so ludicrous that the divorce which took place afterwards needs no explanation.

The two brothers were travelling together, and Pomponia was with them; something had irritated her.

When they stopped to lunch at a place belonging to Quintus at Arcanum, he asked his wife to invite the ladies of the party in.