person
Cornelius Nepos
also: Корнелий Непот
A Roman biographer and historian of the 1st century BC, best known for his Lives of Eminent Commanders; Chekhov invents a fictitious quotation and citation from him as a running gag of pseudo-scholarly authority in this mock-etymological piece.
Reading notes
- On May §12 Cornelius Nepos
A Roman biographer and historian of the 1st century BC, invoked here as a fake scholarly authority: Chekhov invents the quotation and citation (XXVI, 7) entirely, a running gag of the pseudo-erudite almanac-piece genre.