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9780203076637

Plutarch and the Historical Tradition

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  • ISBN13:

    9780203076637

  • ISBN10:

    020307663X

  • Copyright: 2003-09-01
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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These essays offer diverse perspectives on the biographical techniques and appropriation of sources for the use and reshaping of historical tradition by one of the most prominent philosophers and biographers of the ancient world.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
Plutarch and Thucydidesp. 10
Notesp. 32
Paradoxical Paradigmsp. 41
Referencesp. 55
History and Artifice in Plutarch's Eumenesp. 56
Plutarch, Pyrrhus, and Alexanderp. 90
Aspects of Plutarch's Life of Publicolap. 109
Paradoxography and Political Ideals in Plutarch's Life of Sertoriusp. 132
Antony-Osiris, Cleopatra-Isisp. 159
Index of Passages Discussedp. 183
Index of Namesp. 185
Index of Themes and Conceptsp. 188
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