TY - BOOK AU - Toher, Mark AU - Toher,Mark TI - Nicolaus of Damascus: The Life of Augustus and the Autobiography SN - 9781107075610 U1 - L88 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; Life and career of Nicolaus .....1 Lineage, education and career to 14 BC..............1 Nicolaus at the court of Herod 14-4 BC........7 Advocate for herod .12 Friend of Augustus .......18 2. The bios Kaisaros ..........22 Date of Composition ......22 themes in The bios......29 Narrative technique and language ...38 The bios kaisaros and biographical Encomium....43 3.History of the text .....55 The manuscripts...55 The encyclopedia of Historical Excerpts of Constantine VII porphrogenitus ...........58 The text of the Bios .......60 ER -