The Cambridge companion to Plutarch

• Titel: The Cambridge companion to Plutarch
• Mitwirkende: Titchener, Frances [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Zadorojnyi, Alexei [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Frances B. Titchener (Utah State University), Alexei V. Zadorojnyi (University of Liverpool)
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: x, 502 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Cambridge companions to literature
• Fussnoten: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 403-469
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76622-7
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17656-9
• DOI: doi:10.1017/9780511986451
• Schlagwörter: (p)Plutarchus
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: The Cambridge companion to Plutarch. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023. - 1 Online-Ressource (x, 502 Seiten)
• RVK-Notation: FH 60860
• Sach-SW: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical
• K10plus-PPN: 1850953740

Abstract

"Plutarch is one of the most prolific and important writers from antiquity. His Parallel Lives continue to be an invaluable historical source, and the numerous essays in his Moralia are crucial evidence for ancient philosophy and cultural history. This volume provides an engaging introduction to all aspects of his work, including his method and purpose in writing the Lives, his attitudes toward daily life and intimate relations, his thoughts on citizenship and government, his relationship to Plato and the second Sophistic, and his conception of foreign or "other." Attention is also paid to his style and rhetoric. Plutarch's works have also been important in subsequent periods, and an introduction to their reception history in Byzantium, Italy, England, Spain, and France is provided. A distinguished team of contributors together helps the reader begin to navigate this most varied and fascinating of ancient writers"--