Jeffrey Beneker

The Passionate Statesman

Eros and Politics in Plutarch's Lives

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Produktbeschreibung

The Passionate Statesman explores the intersection of passion and politics in Plutarch's Parallel Lives, with special emphasis on how he represents the influence of erõs, or erotic desire, on the careers of some of the most prominent statesmen from Greco-Roman antiquity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780199695904
• ISBN-10: 0199695903
• Artikelnr.: 34554351

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey Beneker is currently associate professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin. He has published several articles on Plutarch's Lives and on other aspects of the ancient biographical tradition.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Editions and Abbreviations
Introduction
1: Erõs and Marriage
2: Moral Virtue, Erõs, and History
3: Erõs and Ambition in the Alexander--Caesar
4: Erõs and the Fall of Marc Antony
5: Erõs and the Statesman
Bibliography