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Parthian War, and campaigned with Marcus on the northern frontier before his sudden death on the way back to Rome. (1.17, 8.37) ESPASIAN: Roman emperor (69–79). His reign represented a period of stability after the power struggle that followed the death of N ERO , but he came into conflict with some members of the senatorial class, notably the Stoic H ELVIDIUS Priscus. (4.32) OLESUS: Traditional surname in the Valerius clan, which produced a number of figures prominent in early historical accounts. Which one Marcus has in mind is uncertain. (4.33) ANTHIPPE: Wife of S OCRATES and proverbially a shrew. (11.28) ENOCRATES: Platonic philosopher and head of the Academy at the end of the fourth century B.C. (6.13) ENOPHON: Probably a contemporary doctor mentioned by Galen. (10.31) EUS: Sky god and head of the Greek pantheon; Marcus refers to him only rarely and normally prefers a vaguer formulation such as “God” or “the gods.” (4.23, 5.7, 5.8, 11.8) A BOUT THE T RANSLATOR G REGORY H AYS is assistant professor of classics at the University of Virginia. He has published articles and reviews on various ancient writers and is currently completing a translation and critical study of the mythographer Fulgentius. T HE M ODERN L IBRARY E DITORIAL B OARD Maya Angelou Daniel J. Boorstin A. S. Byatt Caleb Carr Christopher Cerf Ron Chernow Shelby Foote Stephen Jay Gould Vartan Gregorian Richard Howard Charles Johnson Jon Krakauer Edmund Morris Joyce Carol Oates Elaine Pagels John Richardson Salman Rushdie Oliver Sacks Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Carolyn See William Styron Gore Vidal 2002 Modern Library Edition Introduction and notes copyright © 2002 by Gregory Hays All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Modern Library, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. MODERN LIBRARY and the TORCHBEARER Design are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121–180. [Meditations. English] Meditations / Marcus Aurelius; translated, and with an introduction, by Gregory Hays. p. cm. e-ISBN 1-58836-173-X 1. Ethics. 2. Stoics. 3. Life. I. Hays, Gregory. II. Title. B580.H3 M3713 2002 188—dc21 2001057947 Modern Library website address: www.modernlibrary.com v1.0 Document Outline
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