Encounters in Friendship with Nepos, Cicero, Atticus, and Rex Stem

Auteur: Nelsestuen, Grant A.
Titre: Encounters in Friendship with Nepos, Cicero, Atticus, and Rex Stem
Revue/Collection: Polis: The Journal for Ancient Greek and Roman Political Thought 40, 1
Annèe edition: 2023
Pages: 91-109
Mots-clès: Biographie - Biografia - Biography, Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy
Description: This article offers a critical appraisal of approaches to ‘friendship’ (amicitia) in Cornelius Nepos’s Atticus and Cicero’s De Amicitia, as found in the scholarship of Rex Stem and Grant Nelsestuen. In light of the former’s untimely passing in 2020, it uses an exchange of personal correspondence in 2019 between these two scholars – as well as John Alexander Lobur’s 2021 book on Nepos – as a basis for sketching new approaches to the role that friendship plays in Nepos’s biographies. Friendship thus turns out to be both an important aspect of Nepos’ political thought and a crucial means for advancing scholarly understanding of Nepos’ project in Atticus and his other biographies [Author]. Cf. Stem 2005
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Sigle auteur: Nelsestuen 2023