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Plutarch
PlutarchPlutarch. EU MENES. Duris the historian writes, that Eumenes the Ca dian was the son of a poor waggoner in the Cherso- . nesus, and yet that he had a liberal education both as to learning and the exercises then in vogue. He says that while ...
Plutarch's Lives,: Translated from the Original Greek, with ...
PlutarchTranslated from the Original Greek, with Notes Critical and Historical, and a Life of Plutarch Plutarch. He encamped by the river Rhone, and makes a cut in the mouth of that river, in order to the supplying his camp the better with provisions, ib .
Plutarch's Lives
PlutarchPlutarch was born during the reign of Claudius, around A.D . 45, at Chaeronea in Boeotia, a town of historic but somewhat faded importance. His family, originally from Thebes, had long enjoyed local distinction, a tradition he was to maintain in ...
The Statesman in Plutarch's Works: Proceedings of the Sixth ...
PreviewPLUTARCH AND PAUSANIAS AT DELPHI Jeremy McInerney Around 92 AD, Plutarch made the smartest move of his career: he quit Rome. The mood in the imperial capital was becoming unsettled, and affairs would come to a head with the ...
Plutarch's Lives: Tr. from the Original Greek; with Notes, ...
PlutarchTr. from the Original Greek; with Notes, Historical & Critical; & a Life of Plutarch Plutarch. Antyllus, the eldest, only was put to death. Octavia took the rest, and educated them with her own. Cleopatra, his daughter by Cleopatra, was married to ...
Paul’s Language of Ζῆλος: Monosemy and the Rhetoric of ...
Benjamin J. LappengaAs Tim Duff has shown, careful reading of the Lives reveals that Plutarch's moralism “is not one which simply affirms the norms of Plutarch's society: rather it is complex, exploratory, and challenging,” and in this way Plutarch and Paul are ...
A Versatile Gentleman: Consistency in Plutarch's Writing
PreviewConsistency in Plutarch's Writing Jan Opsomer, Geert Roskam, Frances B. Titchener. narrating, focusing on Plutarch's literary skill as opposed to historical accuracy, observing that “Luc Van der Stockt has made an enormous contribution to ...
Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Lives
PlutarchThe companion volume to Plutarch's Greek Lives published in Oxford World's Classics in 1998, Roman Lives is a newly translated selection from Plutarch's rich, elegant and learned Lives, valued throughout the ages for their historical value ...
A Commentary on Plutarch's De Latenter Vivendo
Geert RoskamIn this book, Plutarch's anti-Epicurean polemic is understood against the background of the previous philosophical tradition.
The Lash of Ambition: Plutarch, Imperial Greek Literature ...
More editionsIn this volume, various aspects of Plutarch's view of 'philotimia' are analysed in detail and compared with the position of several authors of the 'Second Sophistic'.
The Age of Alexander
PlutarchPlutarch's parallel biographies of the great men in Greek and Roman history are cornerstones of European literature, drawn on by writers and statesmen since the Renaissance, most notably by Shakespeare.
Greek Lives
Plutarch' In the nine lives of this collection Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures and periods of classical Greece.
Plutarch's Lives: Exploring Virtue and Vice
Timothy E. DuffThis book demonstrates that the Parallel Lives of Plutarch (c.
Plutarch in the Religious and Philosophical Discourse of ...
PreviewEither as insider or as sensitive observer, Plutarch provides us with exceptional evidence to reconstruct the spiritual and intellectual atmosphere of the first centuries CE. This collection of articles sheds important light on the ...
On Sparta
PlutarchPlutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of this remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries BC. Through his Lives of Sparta ...
Plutarch
Robert LambertonRobert Lamberton sketches the cultural context in which Plutarch worked and discusses his family relationships, background, education and political career, then analyzes his writings.
The Life of Alexander the Great
PlutarchThis exclusive Modern Library edition, excerpted from Plutarch’s Lives, is a riveting tale of honor, power, scandal, and bravery written by the most eminent biographer of the ancient world. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Plutarch's "Maxime Cum Principibus Philosopho Esse ...
Geert RoskamIn this short political work, Plutarch demonstrates that the philosopher should especially associate with powerful rulers in order to exert the greatest positive influence on his society and at the same time maximize his personal pleasure.
Greek and Roman Lives
PlutarchWritten early in the 2nd century, Plutarch's Lives offers richly detailed and anecdotal profiles of some of the ancient world's mightiest and most influential figures, including those of Alexander the Great, Cicero, and Julius Caesar.
Lives That Made Greek History
PlutarchIn this compilation from Plutarch's Greek Lives, James Romm gathers the material of greatest historical significance from fifteen biographies, ranging from Theseus in earliest times to Phocion in the late fourth century BCE.
The statesman in Plutarch&s works. 2. “The” statesman in ...
PreviewTHE FIRST FIVE ANECDOTES OF PLUTARCH'S LIFE OF ALKIBIADES1 Timothy E. Duff The Life ofAlkibiades is a particularly anecdotal Life. As Russell demonstrated, the first 16 chapters consist largely of short self-contained stories, which ...
Plutarch's Advice to the Bride and Groom and A Consolation ...
PlutarchSanguine: K.R. Bradley, “Wet-Nursing at Rome: A Study in Social Relations,” pp. 201–29 in B. M. Rawson (ed.), The Family in Ancient Rome: New Perspectives ( Ithaca, NY 1986); K.R. Bradley, “The Nurse and the Child at Rome; Duty, Affect ...
Sage and Emperor: Plutarch, Greek Intellectuals, and Roman ...
PreviewGEERT ROSKAM Plutarch often expresses his great admiration for the "divine" Plato (De cap. ex inim. 90C; Per. 8.2), a philosopher "pre-eminent in reputation and in influence" (Quaest. conv. VII, 1, 700B). In the domain of politics, as in other ...
Contextualizing Acts: Lukan Narrative and Greco-Roman Discourse
Todd C. PennerDuff quotes Plutarch's introduction (Alexander 1.1) to his Lives of Alexander and Caesar, which distinguishes history from ... 14 Timothy E. Duff, Plutarch's Lives: Exploring Virtue and Vice (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), 14–15.
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