Cornelius Nepos is known mainly as the founder of the technique of parallel biography whose innovative De viris illustribus (On Famous Men, 35-34 B.C.) launched the literary genre of political biography at Rome and paved the way for the great...
Cornelius Nepos (c. 100-24 BC) was a Roman biographer. Supposedly he was born at Hostilia, a village in Cisalpine Gaul not far from Verona. His Gallic origin is attested by Ausonius, and Pliny the Elder calls him Padi accola ('a dweller on the River Po,...
THE influential British composer Cornelius Cardew died 20 years ago this month after being struck by a hit-and-run driver near his home in the East End. He was 45. Cardew's early death has enhanced his mystique. His followers mutter darkly of assassination. Could...
GREGORY SCHUTTA, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 08-04-1995 CORNELIUS DEBUT OVERSHADOWED -- UNUSUAL PLAY FOILS METS' ROOKIE By GREGORY SCHUTTA, Staff Writer Date: 08-04-1995, Friday Section: SPORTS Edition: 1 Star Early, Also in 1 Star Late Notes: Early version CINCINNATI --...
