La problematica apertura della biografia nepotiana di Conone
The paper focuses on several historical and textual problems that afflict the opening part of Nepos’ biography written by the Athenian general Conon. In the first chapter, the paper will underscore the encomiastic purposes that characterise this life. Then, the paper will analyse the use of the w...
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The paper focuses on several historical and textual problems that afflict the opening part of Nepos’ biography written by the Athenian general Conon. In the first chapter, the paper will underscore the encomiastic purposes that characterise this life. Then, the paper will analyse the use of the words praetor and praefectus made by Nepos in the Liber. This analysis is strictly connected to a textual problem that characterises the clause praefectus classis magnas mari gessit (Con. 1.1): here the paper suggests that the text of the manuscript tradition could be saved through textual and historical data. In the third and final section, the paper will try to explain which kind of honos, according to Nepos, Conon received after his military achievements on land and sea.
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| spelling | doaj.art-8ada7565ffe6498687938e2ef39b4eea2023-11-24T09:11:37ZengFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariLexis2724-15642020-12-0138210.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2020/02/008journal_article_3533La problematica apertura della biografia nepotiana di CononeGinelli, Francesco0Università di Verona, Italia The paper focuses on several historical and textual problems that afflict the opening part of Nepos’ biography written by the Athenian general Conon. In the first chapter, the paper will underscore the encomiastic purposes that characterise this life. Then, the paper will analyse the use of the words praetor and praefectus made by Nepos in the Liber. This analysis is strictly connected to a textual problem that characterises the clause praefectus classis magnas mari gessit (Con. 1.1): here the paper suggests that the text of the manuscript tradition could be saved through textual and historical data. In the third and final section, the paper will try to explain which kind of honos, according to Nepos, Conon received after his military achievements on land and sea. http://doi.org/10.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2020/02/008Conelius Nepos. Conon. Praefectus. Praetor. Textual criticism |
| spellingShingle | Ginelli, Francesco La problematica apertura della biografia nepotiana di Conone Lexis Conelius Nepos. Conon. Praefectus. Praetor. Textual criticism |
| title | La problematica apertura della biografia nepotiana di Conone |
| title_full | La problematica apertura della biografia nepotiana di Conone |
| title_fullStr | La problematica apertura della biografia nepotiana di Conone |
| title_full_unstemmed | La problematica apertura della biografia nepotiana di Conone |
| title_short | La problematica apertura della biografia nepotiana di Conone |
| title_sort | la problematica apertura della biografia nepotiana di conone |
| topic | Conelius Nepos. Conon. Praefectus. Praetor. Textual criticism |
| url | http://doi.org/10.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2020/02/008 |
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