Brill’s New Pauly Supplements I - Volume 2 : Dictionary of Greek and Latin Authors and Texts
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Subject: Classical Studies
Edited by: Manfred Landfester
The Dictionary of Greek and Latin Authors and Texts gives a clear overview of authors and Major Works of Greek and Latin literature, and their history in written tradition, from Late Antiquity until present: papyri, manuscripts, Scholia, early and contemporary authoritative editions, translations and comments.
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The Dictionary of Greek and Latin Authors and Texts gives a clear overview of authors and Major Works of Greek and Latin literature, and their history in written tradition, from Late Antiquity until present: papyri, manuscripts, Scholia, early and contemporary authoritative editions, translations and comments.
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Nepos, Cornelius
(917 mots)
b. ca. 100 BC; d. ca. 25 BC; Roman historian and biographer.
Works Historical work (
Chronica, extant in fragments); collection of anecdotes (
Exempla, extant in fragments); biographies (
De viris illustribus, partially extant).
Manuscripts Seemingly unknown from Late Antiquity; the most important medieval manuscript is now lost, but led to a rich manuscript tradition.
Translations An early Italian translation (1550) was followed in the mid-17th cent., when Nepos became an author studied in schools, by numerous translations into various European langu…