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The Political Biographies of Cornelius Nepos
Rex StemThis book, the first to regard Nepos as a serious thinker in his own right, also functions as a general introduction to Nepos, placing him in his cultural context. Stem examines Nepos' contributions to the growth of biography, and he defends Nepos from his critics at the same time that he lays out the political significance and literary innovation of Nepos' writings. Accessible to advanced undergraduates, this volume is addressed to a general audience of classicists and ancient historians, as well as those broadly interested in biography, historiography, and political thought.
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Cover
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Title
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Copyright
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Dedication
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Preface and Acknowledgments
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Contents
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Chapter 1. Nepos and His Corpus
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Chapter 2. Nepos among His Contemporaries
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Chapter 3. Nepos the Political Biographer
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Chapter 4. Nepos the Exemplary Biographer
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Chapter 5. From Political History to Exemplary Political Biography
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Conclusion: Readership and Relevance
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Bibliography
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Index Locorum
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Index of Modern Scholars
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General Index
- 978-0-472-03880-0 (paper)
- 978-0-472-02848-1 (ebook)
- 978-0-472-11838-0 (hardcover)