Bibliographic Information

Cornelius Nepos

with an English translation by John C. Rolfe

(The Loeb classical library, 467)

Harvard University Press , W. Heinemann, 1984

Separate ed

  • : us
  • : uk

Other Title

Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum gentium

Available at  / 107 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

Latin text and parallel English translation on opposite pages

First ed. (with Florus) published in 1929

Publisher's name "Heinemann" not found in 1994 printing

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Cornelius Nepos was born in Cisalpine Gaul but lived in Rome and was a friend of Cicero, Atticus, and Catullus. Most of his writings, which included poems, moral examples from history, a chronological sketch of general history, a geographical work, Lives of Cato the Elder and Cicero, and other biographies, are lost. Extant is a portion of his 'De Viris Illustribus': (i) part of his parallel lives of Roman and non-Roman famous men, namely the portion containing lives of non-Roman generals (all Greeks except three) and a chapter on kings; and (ii) two lives from the class of historians. The lives are short popular biographies of various kinds, written in a usually plain readable style, of value today because of Nepos's use of many good sources.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Related Books: 1-1 of 1

Details

  • NCID
    BA0408641X
  • ISBN
    • 0674995147
    • 0434994677
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    lat
  • Text Language Code
    englat
  • Original Language Code
    lat
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge, Mass.,London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 348 p.
  • Size
    17 cm
  • Classification
  • Parent Bibliography ID
Page Top