A Companion to Plutarch

Herausgegeben von Beck, Mark

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Representing an extensive original survey of the ancient world's preeminent biographer and historian by leading scholars from around the world, this companion gives readers a clear and concise overview of all major historical, political and cultural topics of study providing single comprehensive synthesis of Plutarch's massive and diverse oeuvre.

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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

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A405194310
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 648
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 1279g
• ISBN-13: 9781405194310
• ISBN-10: 1405194316
• Artikelnr.: 38107151

Autorenporträt

Mark Beck is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of South Carolina, where he teaches courses on Greek and Roman authors and classical civilization courses. He has published numerous articles and chapters on Plutarch and is the author of the forthcoming book, Understanding Classics: Plutarch (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors x Acknowledgments xvii Note on the Translations and
Abbreviations xviii Introduction: Plutarch in Greece 1 Mark Beck Part I
Plutarch in Context 11 1 Plutarch and Rome 13 Philip A. Stadter 2 Plutarch
and the Second Sophistic 32 Thomas A. Schmitz 3 The Role of Philosophy and
Philosophers in the Imperial Period 43 Michael Trapp Part II Plutarch's
Moralia 59 4 Plutarch and Platonism 61 John Dillon 5 Plutarch, Aristotle,
and the Peripatetics 73 Francesco Becchi (translated by Pia Bertucci) 6
Plutarch and the Stoics 88 Jan Opsomer 7 Plutarch and Epicureanism 104
Eleni Kechagia-Ovseiko 8 Plutarch and the Skeptics 121 Mauro Bonazzi
(translated by Pia Bertucci) 9 Practical Ethics 135 Lieve Van Hoof 10
Political Philosophy 149 Christopher Pelling 11 Religion and Myth 163
Rainer Hirsch-Luipold (translated by Mark Beck) 12 Poetry and Education 177
Ewen Bowie 13 Love and Marriage 191 Georgia Tsouvala 14 The Sympotic Works
207 Frieda Klotz 15 Animals in Plutarch 223 Stephen T. Newmyer 16 Plutarch
the Antiquarian 235 Pascal Payen (translated by Cara Welch) Part III
Plutarch's Biographical Projects 249 17 The Lives of the Caesars 251
Aristoula Georgiadou 18 Plutarch's Galba and Otho 267 Lukas de Blois 19 The
Aratus and the Artaxerxes 278 Eran Almagor 20 The Project of the Parallel
Lives: Plutarch's Conception of Biography 292 Joseph Geiger 21 Kratein
onomatôn: Language and Value in Plutarch 304 Alexei V. Zadorojnyi 22
Compositional Methods in the Lives 321 Luc Van der Stockt 23 The Prologues
333 Timothy E. Duff 24 Morality, Characterization, and Individuality 350
Anastasios G. Nikolaidis 25 Childhood and Youth 373 Carmen Soares
(translated by Camila Alvahydo) 26 Death and Other Kinds of Closure 391
Craig Cooper 27 The Synkrisis 405 David H.J. Larmour 28 The Use of
Historical Sources 417 Maria Teresa Schettino (translated by Pia Bertucci)
29 Tragedy and the Hero 437 Judith Mossman 30 The Philosopher-King 449
Bernard Boulet 31 The Socratic Paradigm 463 Mark Beck 32 Fate and Fortune
479 Frances B. Titchener 33 The Perils of Ambition 488 Françoise Frazier
(translated by Cara Welch) 34 Sex, Eroticism, and Politics 503 Jeffrey
Beneker 35 Philanthropy, Dignity, and Euergetism 516 Geert Roskam Part IV
The Reception of Plutarch 529 36 The Reception of Plutarch from Antiquity
to the Italian Renaissance 531 Marianne Pade 37 The Renaissance in France:
Amyot and Montaigne 544 Olivier Guerrier (translated by Cara Welch) 38 The
Reception of Plutarch in France after the Renaissance 549 Françoise Frazier
(translated by Cara Welch) 39 The Reception of Plutarch in Spain 556
Aurelio Pérez Jiménez 40 Shakespeare 577 Gordon Braden 41 The
Post-Renaissance Reception of Plutarch in England 592 Judith Mossman 42
Plutarch and the Early American Republic 598 Carl J. Richard Index 611

Rezensionen

"All in all, Beck's Companion to Plutarch has now become the major reference work for scholars and students of Plutarch, as well as for a wider class of readers (specialists and non-specialists alike) who want to enter the charming world of the Chaeronean philosopher." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 1 September 2014)