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245 0 0 _aPlutarch's pragmatic biographies :
_blessons for statesmen and generals in The parallel lives /
_cedited by Susan G. Jacobs.
264 1 _aLeiden ;
_aBoston :
_bBrill,
_c[2017]
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _aColumbia studies in the classical tradition ;
_vv. 43
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- Plutarch and His Audience -- Pragmatic Literature for Statesmen and Generals -- Didactic Agenda of the Parallel Lives: Insights from the Prologues and Synkriseis -- Political and Military Leadership -- Pericles-Fabius Maximus -- Coriolanus-Alcibiades -- Agesilaus-Pompey -- Ruling and Being Ruled -- Aemilius-Timoleon -- Demetrius-Antony -- Phocion-Cato Minor -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
506 _aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520 _aIn Plutarch’s Pragmatic Biographies , Susan Jacobs argues for a major revision in how we interpret the Parallel Lives. She integrates the existing focus on moral issues into the much broader paradigm of effective leadership found in Plutarch’s Moralia. There, in addition to moral virtue, the successful leader needed good critical judgment, persuasiveness and facility in managing alliances and rivalries. The analysis of six sets of Lives shows how Plutarch carefully portrayed Greek and Roman leaders of the past assessing situations and solving problems that paralleled those faced by his politically-active audience. By linking victories and defeats to specific strategic insights and practical skills, Plutarch created “pragmatic biographies” that could instruct statesmen and generals of every era.
588 _aDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
600 0 0 _aPlutarch.
_tLives.
650 0 _aBiography as a literary form.
651 0 _aGreece
_vBiography
_xHistory and criticism.
651 0 _aRome
_vBiography
_xHistory and criticism.
700 1 _aJacobs, Susan G.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tPlutarch's pragmatic biographies
_dLeiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
_z9789004276604
_w(DLC) 2017032459
830 0 _aColumbia Studies in the Classical Tradition
_v43.
830 0 _aClassical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353282.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004276611
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