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ISBN10: 0521766222, ISBN13: 9780521766227, [publisher: European Community Jul 2023] Hardcover Neuware - 'Plutarch is one of the most prolific and important writers from antiquity. His Parallel Lives continue to be an invaluable historical source, and the numerous essays in his Moralia are crucial evidence for ancient philosophy and cultural history. This volume provides an engaging introduction to all aspects of his work, including his method and purpose in writing the Lives, his attitudes toward daily life and intimate relations, his thoughts on citizenship and government, his relationship to Plato and the second Sophistic, and his conception of foreign or 'other.' Attention is also paid to his style and rhetoric. Plutarch's works have also been important in subsequent periods, and an introduction to their reception history in Byzantium, Italy, England, Spain, and France is provided. A distinguished team of contributors together helps the reader begin to navigate this most varied and fascinating of ancient writers'-- [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2023]
ISBN10: 0521766222, ISBN13: 9780521766227, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover InhaltsverzeichnisPreface and acknowledgements Introduction 1. Plutarch and Biography Christophe Pellingr 2. Romanness and Greekness in Plutarch Manuel Troester 3. Plutarch as moral educator Timothy Duff 4. In the spirit of Plato Jan. [Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2023]
ISBN10: 0521766222, ISBN13: 9780521766227, [publisher: European Community Jul 2023] Hardcover Neuware - 'Plutarch is one of the most prolific and important writers from antiquity. His Parallel Lives continue to be an invaluable historical source, and the numerous essays in his Moralia are crucial evidence for ancient philosophy and cultural history. This volume provides an engaging introduction to all aspects of his work, including his method and purpose in writing the Lives, his attitudes toward daily life and intimate relations, his thoughts on citizenship and government, his relationship to Plato and the second Sophistic, and his conception of foreign or 'other.' Attention is also paid to his style and rhetoric. Plutarch's works have also been important in subsequent periods, and an introduction to their reception history in Byzantium, Italy, England, Spain, and France is provided. A distinguished team of contributors together helps the reader begin to navigate this most varied and fascinating of ancient writers'-- [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2023]
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Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2023 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 502 p. Contains: Unspecified. Cambridge Companions to Literature.
ISBN10: 0521766222, ISBN13: 9780521766227, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover InhaltsverzeichnisPreface and acknowledgements Introduction 1. Plutarch and Biography Christophe Pellingr 2. Romanness and Greekness in Plutarch Manuel Troester 3. Plutarch as moral educator Timothy Duff 4. In the spirit of Plato Jan. [Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2023]
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