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The statesman in Plutarch's Greek and Roman lives / edited by Lukas de Blois [and others]. - 1 online resource (xx, 395 pages) - Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 250 The statesman in Plutarch's works: proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the International Plutarch Society, Nijmegen/Castle Hernen, May 1-5, 2002 ; 2 . - Mnemosyne, Supplements 250/2. Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / INTRODUCTION / PLUTARCH AND THE PEOPLE IN THE PARALLEL LIVES / DAS POLITISCHE UND DER EINZELNE: FIGURENKONSTRUKTION IN BIOGRAPHIE UND GESCHICHTSSCHREIBUNG / STATESMAN AND SELF IN THE PARALLEL LIVES / PLUTARCH THE DRAMATURG: STATECRAFT AS STAGECRAFT IN THE LIVES / O SWEET MYSTERY OF THE LIVES! THE ESCHATOLOGICAL DIMENSION OF PLUTARCH’S BIOGRAPHIES / MORE PHILOSOPHICO: POLITICAL VIRTUE AND PHILOSOPHY IN PLUTARCH’S LIVES / “STABBED WITH LARGE PENS”: TRAJECTORIES OF LITERACY IN PLUTARCH’S LIVES / SINGOLARE E PLURALE NELLE VITE GRECHE DI PLUTARCO / THE FIRST FIVE ANECDOTES OF PLUTARCH’S LIFE OF ALKIBIADES / DE GLORIA ALCIBIADIS. ALCIBIADES’ MILITARY VALUE AND ITS RELATION TO HIS DOXA IN PLUTARCH’S ALCIBIADES / RETÓRICA VISUAL Y CARÁCTER POLÍTICO, ALC. 10: UN MODELO NEGATIVO DE ENARGEIA / FONTI SOCRATICHE E STOICHE NELLA VITA ALCIBIADIS / GLI ONORI DIVINI PER LISANDRO A SAMO. A PROPOSITO DI PLUTARCHUS, LYSANDER 18 / TIMOLEON, THE FORTUNATE GENERAL / PLUTARCH’S LIFE OF AGIS, OR THE HONOURABLE COURSE OF A BEGINNING POLITICIAN / IS NUMA THE GENUINE PHILOSOPHER KING? / PLUTARCH AND THE “LIBERATION OF GREECE” / PLUTARCH’S AEMILIUS PAULLUS AND THE MODEL OF THE PHILOSOPHER STATESMAN / THE DECLINE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC IN PYRRHUS-MARIUS / SULLA THE WARLORD AND OTHER MYTHICAL BEASTS / HELLENISM AND TRYPHÊ IN PLUTARCH’S LIFE OF LUCULLUS / THEMATIC CORRESPONDENCES IN PLUTARCH’S LIVES OF CAESAR, POMPEY, AND CRASSUS / ATHENS HONORS POMPEY THE GREAT / MATRIMONIOS POLÍTICOS EN ROMA / I SOGGETTI POLITICI E I CONFLITTI CIVILI DEL 68/69 D.C. IN PLUTARCO / BIBLIOGRAPHY / GENERAL INDEX / Lukas de Blois , Jeroen Bons , Ton Kessels and Dirk M. Schenkeveld -- Lukas de Blois -- Suzanne Saïd -- Thomas Späth -- David H.J. Larmour -- George W.M. Harrison -- Frederick E. Brenk -- Marlein van Raalte -- Alexei V. Zadorojnyi -- Luisa Prandi -- Timothy E. Duff -- Simon Verdegem -- Maricruz Salcedo Parrondo -- Francesca Alesse -- Federicomaria Muccioli -- Sven-Tage Teodorsson -- Geert Roskam -- Bernard Boulet -- Jan Maarten Bremer -- Lora Louise Holland -- Bradley Buszard -- Arthur Keaveney -- Manuel Tröster -- Jeffrey Beneker -- Michael C. Hoff -- Rosa MA. Aguilar -- Maria Teresa Schettino -- Lukas de Blois , Jeroen Bons , Ton Kessels and Dirk M. Schenkeveld -- Lukas de Blois , Jeroen Bons , Ton Kessels and Dirk M. Schenkeveld.

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This volume presents the second half of the proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the International Plutarch Society (2002). The selected papers are divided by theme in sections concentrating on statesmen and statesmanship in Plutarch's Greek and Roman Lives . The volume bears witness to the ongoing, wide-ranging interest in Plutarch's biographies.

ISBN: 9789047405191

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789047405191 DOI

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Plutarch. Lives.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Lives (Plutarch)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Statesmen--Biography--History and criticism.--Greece
Statesmen--Biography--History and criticism.--Rome
Biography.
Biography as a literary form.
Statesmen--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Greece--Biography--History and criticism.
Rome--Biography--History and criticism.
Greece.
Rome (Empire)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: PA4385 / .S69 2002eb

Dewey Class. No.: 920.038