Plutarch's Lives

This title demonstrates that the 'Parallel Lives of Plutarch' (c. AD 45-120) are far more than simply 'sources' for history. They aim both to inculcate in the reader the virtues of Greek philosophy and to champion the supremacy of Greek culture against a dominant Rome.

This is an outstanding book and will remain a standard work.

Autorentext
Tim Duff is a Lecturer in Classics at the University of Reading



Klappentext
This book lucidly explains how the Parallel Lives of Plutarch (c. AD 45-120) are more than mere sources' for history. The Lives offer us a unique insight into the reception of Classical Greece and Republican Rome in the Greek world of the second century AD. They also explore and challenge issues of psychology, education, morality, and cultural identity.

Inhalt
Introduction
I. The Moralizing Programme
2: Moralism in Plutarch's Lives
3: The Soul of a Plutarchan Hero
II. Exploring Virtue and Vice: The case Studies
5: The Lives of Phokion and Cato Minor
6: The Lives of Lysander and Sulla
7: The Lives of Coriolanus and Alkibiades
III. Writing in Parallel
9: The Politics of Parallelism
Appendix 1
Appendix 2

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