Includes bibliographical references and index.

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