person
Cornelius Nepos
Nepos
also: Nepos, Nepotis
Biographer and historian, intimate friend of both Cicero and Atticus (whose life he later wrote); an admirer of Cicero's writings. His young son had recently died.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 16.5 §5 I am waiting for Nepos's letter
Cornelius Nepos, the biographer and friend of both Cicero and Atticus; an admirer of Cicero's work, though Cicero teasingly notes Nepos undervalues the writings Cicero himself prizes most.
- Ad Atticum 16.14 §3 bad news about Nepos's son
Cornelius Nepos, the biographer and a mutual friend of Cicero and Atticus; Cicero had not even known of the existence of the son whose death Atticus reports.