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Brenk, Frederick E.

In mist apparelled : religious themes in Plutarch's Moralia and Lives / by Frederick E. Brenk. - 1 online resource (306 pages) - Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava : Supplementum ; 48 . - Mnemosyne, Supplements 48. Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 1-203, ISBN: 9789004381049. .

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-299).

Preliminary Material / Introduction / In the Throes of Superstition: Some Preliminaries on the Development of Plutarch’s Thought / Dreams and the Tortures of the Damned / Wax Gods and the Shadow of the Moon / Not a Tear: Early Daimones and Human Sacrifice / Limb Torn from Limb: Mysticism and the Young Plutarch / Not for Any God but to Avert Evil Spirits: Cleombrotosʼ Daimones / Lampriasʼs Reply: Aught else than Souls that Make their Rounds in Mists Apparelled? / The Force of the Cause Whirled about in Disorder and Unrestrictedly: Daimon and Tyche in Plutarch / And to All the Sign Seemed Evil: Omens and Portents / Still Feeling the Effects of his Dream: The Dreams of the Lives / Not a Pretence for Cowardice: The Delphic Oracle in the Lives / Clinging Like Bees or Bats: Divine Retribution in the Lives / Bibliography / Index of Subjects and Ancient Names / Index of Modern Authors / Frederick E. Brenk -- Frederick E. Brenk -- Frederick E. Brenk -- Frederick E. Brenk -- Frederick E. Brenk -- Frederick E. Brenk -- Frederick E. Brenk -- Frederick E. Brenk -- Frederick E. Brenk -- Frederick E. Brenk -- Frederick E. Brenk -- Frederick E. Brenk -- Frederick E. Brenk -- Frederick E. Brenk -- Frederick E. Brenk -- Frederick E. Brenk -- Frederick E. Brenk.

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ISBN: 9789004327658

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004327658 DOI

LCCN: 78323948

Subjects--Personal Names:
Plutarch. Moralia.
Plutarch--Themes, motives.
Plutarch. Lives.
Plutarch.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Lives (Plutarch)
Moralia (Plutarch)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Didactic literature, Greek--History and criticism.
Biography as a literary form.
Biography as a literary form.
Didactic literature, Greek.
Religion in literature.
Themes, motives.

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

LC Class. No.: PA4383 / .B7

Dewey Class. No.: 920/.038