Machine generated contents note: 1. In the beginning was Xenophon: memoir, encomium, romance; 2. Hellenistic theory and practice: fragments of industry; 3. Popular heroes: the slave, the king, the poet; 4. The Gospels: from sayings to a full life; 5. Political biography at Rome: a new start; 6. Plutarch and his Parallel Lives: ethical biography; 7. Ways of life: philosophers and holy men.
The art of biography in Antiquity by Tomas Hägg. ISBN 9781107016699. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.