Research Catalog

Title

A Companion to Plutarch / edited by Mark Beck.

Publication

Chichester, West Sussex [England] ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.

Supplementary Content

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Details

Additional Authors

Beck, Mark, 1958-

Description

xvi, 625 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

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"--
• "Offers contextualizing background, the literary and cultural details that shed light on some of the fundamental aspects of Plutarch's thought"--

Series Statement

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture

Uniform Title

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture.

Alternative Title

Plutarch

Subjects

• Plutarch
• Plutarch > Criticism and interpretation
• HISTORY / Ancient / Greece
• Plutarque, 0046?-0120?
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Plutarque, (0046?-0120?) > Critique et interprétation
• Philosophy, Ancient

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Mark Beck -- Plutarch in Context. Plutarch and Rome / Philip A Stadter -- Plutarch and the Second Sophistic / Thomas A Schmitz -- The Role of Philosophy and Philosophers in the Imperial Period / Michael Trapp -- Plutarch's . Plutarch and Platonism / John Dillon -- Plutarch, Aristotle, and the Peripatetics / Francesco Becchi -- Plutarch and the Stoics / Jan Opsomer -- Plutarch and Epicureanism / Eleni Kechagia-Ovseiko -- Plutarch and the Skeptics / Mauro Bonazzi -- Practical Ethics / Lieve Van Hoof -- Political Philosophy / Christopher Pelling -- Religion and Myth / Rainer Hirsch-Luipold -- Poetry and Education / Ewen Bowie -- Love and Marriage / Georgia Tsouvala -- The Sympotic Works / Frieda Klotz -- Animals in Plutarch / Stephen T Newmyer -- Plutarch the Antiquarian / Pascal Payen -- Plutarch's Biographical Projects. The / Aristoula Georgiadou -- Plutarch's and / Lukas de Blois -- The and the / Eran Almagor -- The Project of the / Joseph Geiger -- / Alexei V Zadorojnyi -- Compositional Methods in the / Luc Van der Stockt -- The Prologues / Timothy E Duff -- Morality, Characterization, and Individuality / Anastasios G Nikolaidis -- Childhood and Youth / Carmen Soares -- Death and Other Kinds of Closure / Craig Cooper -- The / David HJ Larmour -- The Use of Historical Sources / Maria Teresa Schettino -- Tragedy and the Hero / Judith Mossman -- The Philosopher-King / Bernard Boulet -- The Socratic Paradigm / Mark Beck -- Fate and Fortune / Frances B Titchener -- The Perils of Ambition / Françoise Frazier -- Sex, Eroticism, and Politics / Jeffrey Beneker -- Philanthropy, Dignity, and Euergetism / Geert Roskam -- The Reception of Plutarch. The Reception of Plutarch from Antiquity to the Italian Renaissance / Marianne Pade -- The Renaissance in France / Olivier Guerrier -- The Reception of Plutarch in France after the Renaissance / Françoise Frazier -- The Reception of Plutarch in Spain / Aurelio Pérez Jiménez -- Shakespeare / Gordon Braden -- The Post-Renaissance Reception of Plutarch in England / Judith Mossman -- Plutarch and the Early American Republic / Carl J Richard.

Call Number

PA4382

ISBN

• 9781405194310 (hardback)
• 1405194316 (hardback)

LCCN

2013028283

OCLC

816030016

Title

A Companion to Plutarch / edited by Mark Beck.

Publisher

Chichester, West Sussex [England] ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Added Author

Beck, Mark, 1958- editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Companion to Plutarch 1 Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014 9781118316238 (DLC) 2013037632

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR PA4382 .C64 2014