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1 online resource |
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Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture |
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Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture.
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Intro -- BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO THE ANCIENT WORLD -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Note on the Translations and Abbreviations -- Introduction: Plutarch in Greece -- 1. Plutarch's Early Life -- 2. History and Topographies of Memory -- 3. Erga and Aesthetics -- 4. Characterization, Individuality, and the Condensation of Knowledge -- 5. Plutarch in Chaeronea -- 6. The Contents and Scope of this Volume -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PART I: Plutarch in Context -- CHAPTER 1: Plutarch and Rome -- 1. A Greek in a Roman World -- 2. Visiting Rome: The Immersion Experience -- 3. Roman Friends -- 4. Evaluating Emperors, Past and Present -- 5. Delphi and Rome -- 6. Plutarch's View of Rome in the Parallel Lives -- 7. Living Under Roman Rule -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 2: Plutarch and the Second Sophistic -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 3: The Role of Philosophy and Philosophers in the Imperial Period -- 1. The Scope of Philosophia -- 2. Public and Social Profile -- 3. Encountering Philosophy -- 4. A Call to Personal Commitment -- 5. Choice and Division -- 6. Professional Output and Forms of Communication -- 7. Integration and Ambivalence -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- PART II: Plutarch's Moralia -- CHAPTER 4: Plutarch and Platonism -- 1. Ethics -- 2. Physics -- 3. Logic -- 4. Conclusion -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 5: Plutarch, Aristotle, and the Peripatetics -- 1. Philosophical Paideia -- 2. The Human Soul -- 3. Reason -- 4. Passion -- 5. Morality (Ēthos) -- 6. Wisdom (Phronēsis) -- 7. Theoretical and Ethical Virtues -- 8. Virtue: The Mesotēs of the Passions -- 9. Freedom from Pain or Grief (Alypia) -- 10. Impassiveness (Apatheia) -- 11. Freedom and Responsibility -- 12. Happiness -- REFERENCES |
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GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 6: Plutarch and the Stoics -- 1. Theology, Providence, and Evil -- 2. Determinism and Moral Responsibility -- 3. The Soul -- 4. Moral Psychology -- 5. Polemics -- 6. Caution and the Quest for Truth -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 7: Plutarch and Epicureanism -- 1. Introduction: The Epicureans in Plutarch's Work -- 2. Epicureanism in Plutarch's World: Survival and Hostility -- 3. Plutarch's Platonism vs. Epicureanism -- 4. Plutarch against Epicurean Materialism, Empiricism, and Pleasure -- 5. Conclusion -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 8: Plutarch and the Skeptics -- 1. Plutarch on the Difference between the Academics and the Pyrrhonists -- 2. Plutarch and Knowledge of the Sensory World -- 3. Plutarch and Knowledge of the Intelligible and Divine World -- 4. Platonism and Skepticism -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 9: Practical Ethics -- 1. Foundational Research -- 2. The Scope of the Practical Ethics -- 3. Characteristics of Plutarch's Practical Ethics -- 4. Conclusions and Outlook -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 10: Political Philosophy -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 11: Religion and Myth -- 1. Religion -- 2. Myth -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 12: Poetry and Education -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Evidence of Quotation -- 3. How a Young Man Should Listen to Poetry -- 4. Plutarch's Principles Applied -- 5. Conclusions -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 13: Love and Marriage -- 1. Introduction and Considerations -- 2. A Philosophy of Eros: Physical, Spiritual, Conjugal, and Political Eros -- 3. The Religious, Spiritual, and Eschatological Nature of Eros |
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4. Conjugal Eros: Women's Capability in Achieving Eros, and its Viability in Marriage -- 5. Political Eros: Appropriate and Inappropriate Relationships for Free Citizens (Both Male and Female) -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 14: The Sympotic Works -- 1. The Philosopher's Dinner Party: Plutarch's Table Talk -- 2. A Socratic Start -- 3. The Muses of Book 9 -- 4. Wise Men at Dinner -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 15: Animals in Plutarch -- 1. Plutarch's Writings on Animals: Characteristics and Challenges -- 2. Ancient Perceptions of Animals -- 3. Plutarch on Rationality in Animals -- 4. Plutarch on Animals: Appraisal and Survival -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 16: Plutarch the Antiquarian -- 1. What is an Antiquarian? Ancients and Moderns -- 2. Plutarch's Antiquarian Erudition -- 3. The Birth of a Greco-Roman Classicism -- 4. An Antiquarian Past for the Present -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- PART III: Plutarch's Biographical Projects -- CHAPTER 17: The Lives of the Caesars -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Date -- 3. The Sources -- 4. The Parallel Tradition -- 5. The Caesars: A Different Kind of Biography? -- 6. Emphases -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 18: Plutarch's Galba and Otho -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Bad Leadership and Military Misconduct in Galba's Reign -- 3. More Bad Leadership and Military Misbehavior: The Reign of Otho -- 4. Conclusion -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 19: The Aratus and the Artaxerxes -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 20: The Project of the Parallel Lives: Plutarch's Conception of Biography -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 21: Kratein onomatôn: Language and Value in Plutarch -- NOTES -- REFERENCES |
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GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 22: Compositional Methods in the Lives -- 1. "Compositional Methods" and Classical Hermeneutics -- 2. General Design and Architecture: Unity, Contrast, Comparison -- 3. The Biographies: Building Blocks and Structure -- 4. Manipulating Sources -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 23: The Prologues -- 1. Prologues, Books, and Lives -- 2. The Function and Structure of Prologues -- 3. The Structure of the Prologues: Examples -- 4. Variation: Naming One Subject before the Other -- 5. Alexander-Caesar and Nicias-Crassus -- 6. "Me," "Us," and "Them" -- 7. Closure -- 8. Books Without Prologues -- APPENDIX: THE CONSTITUENT PARTS OF A BOOK OF PARALLEL LIVES -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 24: Morality, Characterization, and Individuality -- 1. Some Theoretical Background -- 2. The Moral Purpose of the Lives -- 3. The Nature of Plutarch's Moralism -- 4. Moralism Through Characterization -- 5. Moralism and Individuality -- 6. Conclusions -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 25: Childhood and Youth -- 1. Introduction: Terms Used to Designate Children and Youths -- 2. Methodology -- 3. The Physical Portrait -- 4. The Psychological Portrait -- 5. Final Observations -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 26: Death and Other Kinds of Closure -- 1. Demosthenes-Cicero -- 2. Cimon-Lucullus -- 3. Nicias-Crassus -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 27: The Synkrisis -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 28: The Use of Historical Sources -- 1. The Parallel Lives by Plutarch: A Historiographical Project? -- 2. Plutarch's Historical Sources: The Greek Lives and the Roman Lives -- 3. Plutarch's Knowledge of Latin -- 4. Plutarchan Interpretation and the Adaptation of Plutarchan Sources |
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5. Method of Selection and Use of Historical Sources -- 6. Athens and Sparta: Historiographical Choices and Historical Interpretation -- 7. Contemporary History: A Comparison of Plutarch and Tacitus -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 29: Tragedy and the Hero -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 30: The Philosopher-King -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Conflict between Philosophy and Politics -- 3. Politics: A Twofold Teaching -- 4. Philosophy: The Internal Speech -- 5. Conclusion -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 31: The Socratic Paradigm -- 1. Introduction: Socrates as the Paradigm -- 2. Socrates and the Failure of Alcibiades -- 3. Contrasting Catos and the Socratic Paradigm -- 4. The Censor -- 5. The Younger Cato -- 6. The Censor as the Intellectual Precursor of Stoicism -- 7. Women and Marriage in the Life of Cato the Younger -- 8. Conclusion -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 32: Fate and Fortune -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 33: The Perils of Ambition -- 1. The Vocabulary of Ambition: Honorific Inscriptions and Political Morality -- 2. Plutarch's Philosophical Analyses: Personal Morality and Individual Psychology -- 3. Ambition in Greek Culture: Sparta, Athens, and the Hellenistic Period -- 4. The Theme of Ambition in Roman History: The Conquest of Greece and the Civil Wars -- 5. Exemplars of Ambition: Alexander and Caesar as "Great Natures" -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 34: Sex, Eroticism, and Politics -- 1. Eroticism, Politics, and Self-Control -- 2. The Politics of Eros in the Agesilaus-Pompey -- REFERENCES -- GUIDE TO FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 35: Philanthropy, Dignity, and Euergetism -- 1. Luce Clariora: Clear-Cut Distinctions and Definite Ideals -- 2. Historia Magistra Vitae: The Lives |
| Summary |
"A Companion to Plutarch offers a broad survey of the famous historian and biographer; a coherent, comprehensive, and elegant presentation of Plutarch's thought and influence Constitutes the first survey of its kind, a unified and accessible guide that offers a comprehensive discussion of all major aspects of Plutarch's oeuvre Provides essential background information on Plutarch's world, including his own circle of influential friends (Greek and Roman), his travels, his political activity, and his relations with Trajan and other emperors Offers contextualizing background, the literary and cultural details that shed light on some of the fundamental aspects of Plutarch's thought Surveys the ideologically crucial reception of the Greek Classical Period in Plutarch's writings Follows the currents of recent serious scholarship, discussing perennial interests, and delving into topics and works not formerly given serious attention"-- Provided by publisher |
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"Offers contextualizing background, the literary and cultural details that shed light on some of the fundamental aspects of Plutarch's thought"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
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EBL |
| Subject |
Plutarch -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Plutarch fast |
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
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Philosophy, Ancient
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Beck, Mark, 1958- editor.
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| LC no. |
2013037632 |
| ISBN |
9781118316238 |
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1118316231 |
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9781118316375 |
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1118316371 |
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1306140838 |
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9781306140836 |
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9781118316450 |
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1118316452 |
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