The Statesman in Plutarch's Works, Volume II: The Statesman in Plutarch's Greek and Roman Lives

The Statesman in Plutarch's Works, Volume II: The Statesman in Plutarch's Greek and Roman Lives
Author: Lukas de Blois
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2017-07-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9047405196

This volume presents the second half of the proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the International Plutarch Society (2002). The selected papers are divided by theme in sections concentrating on statesmen and statesmanship in Plutarch's Greek and Roman Lives. The volume bears witness to the ongoing, wide-ranging interest in Plutarch's biographies.

The statesman in Plutarch&s works. 2. “The” statesman in Plutarch&s Greek and Roman "Lives"

The statesman in Plutarch&s works. 2. “The” statesman in Plutarch&s Greek and Roman
Author: Lukas De Blois
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2004
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9004138080

This volume presents the second half of the proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the International Plutarch Society (2002). The selected papers are divided by theme in sections concentrating on statesmen and statesmanship in Plutarch's Greek and Roman Lives. The volume bears witness to the ongoing, wide-ranging interest in Plutarch's biographies.

The Statesman in Plutarch's Works, Volume I: Plutarch's Statesman and his Aftermath: Political, Philosophical, and Literary Aspects

The Statesman in Plutarch's Works, Volume I: Plutarch's Statesman and his Aftermath: Political, Philosophical, and Literary Aspects
Author: Jeroen Bons
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2017-07-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9047413822

This volume presents the first half of the proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the International Plutarch Society (2002). The selected papers are divided by theme in sections concentrating on political, philosophical, and literary aspects of Plutarch's presentation of statesmen and their activities, and on the aftermath of this Plutarchan heritage. The volume bears witness to the ongoing, wide-ranging interest in the work of Plutarch.

The Statesman in Plutarch's Works

The Statesman in Plutarch's Works
Author: Lukas De Blois
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2004
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9004137955

The papers in this volume concentrate on political, philosophical, and literary aspects of Plutarch's presentation of statesmen and their activities, and on the aftermath of this Plutarchan heritage.

The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Biography

The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Biography
Author: Koen De Temmerman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 793
Release: 2020-09-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0198703015

This Handbook presents the first wide-ranging survey on biography in Antiquity from its earliest representations to Late Antiquity. It offers in-depth readings of key texts and diachronic studies, examines biographical depictions in different textual and visual media, and deals with the reception of ancient biography across multiple eras.

Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire

Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire
Author: Chrysanthos S. Chrysanthou
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2022-05-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004516921

This book argues that Herodian uses an orderly and coherent historiographical form to reconfigure and explicate a most chaotic period of Roman history. Through patterning he offers a distinctive interpretative framework in which successive reigns and individual emperors need to be read in a dovetailed way.

Plutarch and Rhetoric

Plutarch and Rhetoric
Author: Theofanis Tsiampokalos
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2024-05-20
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9462704198

A fundamental reappraisal of Plutarch’s attitude towards rhetoric. Plutarch was not only a skilled writer, but also lived during the Second Sophistic, a period of cultural renaissance. This book offers new insights into Plutarch’s seemingly moderate attitude towards rhetoric. The hypothesis explored in this study introduces, for the first time, the broader literary and cultural contexts that influenced and restricted the scope of Plutarch’s message. When these contexts are considered, a new perspective emerges that differs from that found in earlier studies. It paints a picture of a philosopher who may not regard rhetoric as a lesser means of persuasion, but who faces challenges in openly articulating this stance in his public discourse.

Crafting Characters

Crafting Characters
Author: Koen De Temmerman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2014-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199686149

Analyzes the characterization of the protagonists in the five extant, so-called 'ideal' Greek novels of the first few centuries C.E., using the conceptual couples of typification/individuation, idealistic/realistic characterization, and static/dynamic character to show their complexity.

Sulla

Sulla
Author: Alexandra Eckert
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2019-11-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 3110624702

This book brings together an international group of scholars to offer new perspectives on the political impact and afterlife of the dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (138–78 B.C.), one of the most important figures in the complex history of the last century of the Roman Republic. It looks beyond the march on Rome, the violence of the proscriptions, or the logic of his political reforms, and offers case studies to illustrate his relations with the Roman populace, the subject peoples of the Greek East, and his own supporters, both veterans and elites, highlighting his long-term political impact and, at times, the limits on his exercise of power. The chapters on reception reassess the good/bad dichotomy of Sulla as tyrant and reformer, focusing on Cicero, while also examining his importance for Sallust, and his characterisation as the antithesis of philhellenism in Greek writers of the Imperial period. Sulla was not straightforward, either as a historical figure or exemplum, and the case studies in this book use the twin approach of politics and reception to offer new readings of Sulla’s aims and impact, both at home and abroad, and why he remained of interest to authors from Sallust to Plutarch and Aelian.