Cornelius Nepos
Books by Cornelius Nepos
“Atticus is called Atticus because Attica is the region around Athens and he went to Athens to study. He has that philosophical background that allows him to see what’s really important.” Read more...
The best books on Leadership: Lessons from the Ancients
Jeffrey Beneker, Classicist
Interviews where books by Cornelius Nepos were recommended
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The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives
by Ian Scott-Kilvert & Plutarch -
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The Greek Alexander Romance
by Richard Stoneman -
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Atticus
by Cornelius Nepos & Nicholas Horsfall -
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Agricola
by Harold Mattingly, James Rives & Tacitus -
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Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
Diogenes Laertius (ed. James Miller, trans. Pamela Mensch)
The best books on Leadership: Lessons from the Ancients, recommended by Jeffrey Beneker
The best books on Leadership: Lessons from the Ancients, recommended by Jeffrey Beneker
Whatever modern leadership books may say about what’s required to be a good leader, for the ancients there was only one vital requirement: studying philosophy. Jeffrey Beneker, Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, talks us through what ancient biographies reveal about how to be a leader.
