Cornelius Nepos. Lifes of Epaminondas, Cato and Atticus. Fragments

Cornelius Nepos. Lifes of Epaminondas, Cato and Atticus. Fragments

Francisco de Oliveira

University of Coimbra

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4871-243X  

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-2440-2

Synopsis

The volume is dedicated to the work of Cornelius Nepos, Lives of Illustrious Men. It contains a general introduction about the author; a summary of each untranslated life, and a translation of the biographies of Epaminondas, Cato and Atticus (with developed commentary and annotation). The translation and notes of the fragments are also presented. The text constitutes an important source for the study of the biographical genre and the history of classical antiquity, from classical Greece to the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Principate and its contacts with other civilizations.

Published

May 10, 2023

Series

Classica Digitalia

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978-989-26-2440-2

doi

10.14195/978-989-26-2440-2

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