Cornelius nepos : a study in the evidence and influence

1. Verfasser: Lobur, John Alexander, 1973- , [VerfasserIn]
Körperschaft: ProQuest (Firm)
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2021.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource ( xiv, 305 pages).
Schlagworte:
Nepos, Cornelius
Lateinische Philologie > de
Roma > ita
iDAI.gazetteer: Roma
Parallelausgabe: Lobur, John Alexander, 1973-, Cornelius nepos (Print version:) | ISSN: 9780472132744
Online Zugang: Available online
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Nepos's Nachleben
  • 1.1. Ancient Criticism
  • 1.2. Esteem for and Influence of Nepos
  • 1.3. Nepos, Atticus, and Varro
  • 1.4. Further Influences on Roman Literary Culture
  • 1.5. Nepos and the Formation of the Modern Nation-State
  • Chapter 2. Error and Accuracy in Nepos
  • 2.1. The Origin of a Skewed View
  • 2.2. Reframing the Inquiry
  • 2.3. Errors in Plain Sight?
  • 2.4. The Limits of Memory and the Purpose of Biography
  • 2.5. Projecting Expectations
  • 2.6. Source or Inventio?
  • 2.7. The Infinite Generation of Errors
  • Chapter 3. The Sources of a Learned Biographer
  • 3.1. Nepos's Mastery of Greek
  • 3.2. The Direct Use of Sources
  • 3.3. A New Picture of Nepos the Scholar
  • Chapter 4. Nepos's Contemporary Relationships
  • 4.1. Catullus and Cicero
  • 4.2. Titus Pomponius Atticus
  • 4.3. Nepos's Purpose and Audience
  • Chapter 5. The Fragments of Nepos and Their Cultural-Ideological Context
  • 5.1. Nepos and the Discourse of Roman Decadence
  • 5.2. Nepos as Elder
  • 5.3. Nepos and the New "Archaic" Lifestyle
  • 5.4. Nepos and Cato the Elder
  • 5.5. Nepos at the Intersection of Culture and Power
  • Chapter 6. Nepos and Triumviral Political Ideology
  • 6.1. Nepos and the Transition from Republic to Empire
  • 6.2. A "Just" Tyrant? The Miltiades
  • 6.3. The Anti-triumviral, Anti-tyrannical Stance of the Thrasybulus
  • 6.4. Tyranny and Faction in the Alcibiades, Phocion, and Dion
  • 6.5. Obedient Generals: Agesilaus, Epaminondas, Scipio Africanus, and the Senate
  • 6.6. Nepos and the Political Environment at Rome
  • Chapter 7. Nepos and the Articulation of Imperial Political Etiquette
  • 7.1. The Extraordinary Nature of Nepos's Generals
  • 7.2. Managing Fear and Resentment in the Lives
  • 7.3. The Timoleon: A Literary Model for the Principate
  • 7.4. Recusatio, Modestia, and Other Points of Contact with Imperial Ideology
  • Chapter 8. Concluding Remarks
  • 8.1. A Paradigm Shift for Nepos
  • 8.2. The Vocabulary of Leadership and Its Applicability to Roman Experience
  • 8.3. Nepos and the Articulation of Imperial Ideology
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index

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