Plutarchs Cities
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Author |
: Hugh Liebert |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 283 |
Release |
: 2016-09-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781316790953 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1316790959 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Plutarch's Politics by : Hugh Liebert
Plutarch's Lives were once treasured. Today they are studied by classicists, known vaguely, if at all, by the educated public, and are virtually unknown to students of ancient political thought. The central claim of this book is that Plutarch shows how the political form of the city can satisfy an individual's desire for honor, even under the horizon of empire. Plutarch's argument turns on the difference between Sparta and Rome. Both cities stimulated their citizens' desire for honor, but Sparta remained a city by linking honor to what could be seen first-hand, whereas Rome became an empire by liberating honor from the shackles of the visible. Even under the rule of a distant power, however, allegiances and political actions tied to the visible world of the city remained. By resurrecting statesmen who thrived in autonomous cities, Plutarch hoped to rekindle some sense of the city's enduring appeal.
Author |
: Noreen Humble |
Publisher |
: Classical Press of Wales |
Total Pages |
: 301 |
Release |
: 2010-12-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781910589236 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1910589233 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Plutarch's Lives by : Noreen Humble
Plutarch's Parallel Lives were written to compare famous Greeks and Romans. This most obvious aspect of their parallelism is frequently ignored in the drive to mine Plutarch for historical fact. However, the eleven contributors to the present volume, who include most of the world's leading commentators on Plutarch, together bring out many ways in which Plutarch invoked aspects of parallelism. They show how pervasive and how central the whole notion was to his thinking. With new analysis of the synkriseis; with discussion of parallels within and across the Lives and in the Moralia; with an examination of why the basic parallel structure of the Lives lost its importance in the Renaissance, this volume presents fresh ideas on a neglected topic crucial to Plutarch's literary creation.
Author |
: Plutarch |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 586 |
Release |
: 1906 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCBK:B000761477 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Plutarch's Lives by : Plutarch
Author |
: Plutarch |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 702 |
Release |
: 1850 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCLA:31158003197190 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis Plutarch's Lives, Translated from the Original Greek by : Plutarch
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: |
Total Pages |
: 492 |
Release |
: 1792 |
ISBN-10 |
: BL:A0023568393 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Plutarch's Lives, Translated from the Original Greek, with Notes Critical and Historical, and a New Life of Plutarch. By John Langhorne, D.D. and William Langhorne by :
Author |
: Plutarch |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 594 |
Release |
: 1912 |
ISBN-10 |
: UIUC:30112073711696 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Plutarch's Lives by : Plutarch
Author |
: Plutarch |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 370 |
Release |
: 1912 |
ISBN-10 |
: IND:30000077957391 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis Plutarch's Greek Lives by : Plutarch
Author |
: Philip Davies |
Publisher |
: Classical Press of Wales |
Total Pages |
: 233 |
Release |
: 2023-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781910589861 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1910589861 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sparta in Plutarch's Lives by : Philip Davies
Plutarch (born before AD 50, died after AD 120) is the ancient author who has arguably contributed more than any other to the popular conception of Sparta. Writing under the Roman Empire, at a time when the glory days of ancient Sparta were already long in the past, Plutarch represents a milestone in Sparta's mythologisation, but at the same time is a vital source for our historical understanding of Sparta. In this volume, eight scholars from around the world come together to consider Plutarch's understanding and presentation of Sparta, his flaws and significance as an historical source, and his development of Sparta as a resonant subject and theme within his bestknown work, the Parallel Lives. This book is the latest in a series which the Classical Press of Wales is publishing on major sources for Sparta. Volumes on Xenophon and Sparta (Powell & Richer 2020) and Thucydides and Sparta (Powell & Debnar 2021) have already been released, and a further volume on Herodotus and Sparta is currently in preparation
Author |
: Plutarchus |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 464 |
Release |
: 1813 |
ISBN-10 |
: BCUL:1092093625 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Plutarch's Lives by : Plutarchus
Author |
: Plutarch |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 534 |
Release |
: 1887 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSC:32106005841298 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Plutarch's Lives of Illustrious Men by : Plutarch