Plutarch and the Persica /

This book addresses two historical mysteries. The first is the content and character of the fourth century BCE Greek works called the Persica. The second is the method of work of the second century CE biographer Plutarch of Chaeronea who used these works to compose his biographies.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Almagor, Eran (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Series:Edinburgh studies in ancient Persia.
Subjects:
Ctesias. > Persica.
Dinon, > of Colophon. > Fragments.
Heraclides, > of Cyme.
Plutarch > Criticism and interpretation.
Plutarch.
Persica (Ctesias)
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Direction & Production.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Plutarch and the Persica; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Series Editor's Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Ctesias (a); 3. Ctesias (b); 4. Deinon (a); 5. Deinon (b); 6. Heracleides; 7. Conclusions; Appendix I: Two Notes on the Cypriot War; Appendix II: Plutarch, the Persica and the Regum et Imperatorum Apophthegmata; Bibliography; Index

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