Excerpt from Cornelius Nepos: Literally Translated, With Notes If these readers Will but understand that the same things are not becoming or unbecoming among all people, but that every thing is judged by the usages of men's forefathers. They will not wonder that we, in setting forth the excellencies of the Greeks, have had regard to their manners. For to Cimon, an eminent man among the Athenians. It was thought no disgrace to have his half-sister, by the father's Side, in marriage, as his countrymen followed the same practice; but such a union, according to the order of things among us, is deemed unlawful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.