Plutarch's Life of Alcibiades : Story, Text and Moralism /

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At the beginning of the second century AD, Plutarch of Chaeronea wrote a series of pairs of biographies of Greek and Roman statesmen. Their purpose is moral: the reader is invited to reflect on important ethical issues and to use the example of these great men from the past to improve his or her own...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Verdegem, Simon
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Publié: Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Plutarchus. > Gaius Marcius et Alcibiades > Alcibiades.
Plutarch
Plutarch > Criticism and interpretation.
Plutarch. > Alcibiades.
Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures.
Languages & Literatures.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > European > General.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:At the beginning of the second century AD, Plutarch of Chaeronea wrote a series of pairs of biographies of Greek and Roman statesmen. Their purpose is moral: the reader is invited to reflect on important ethical issues and to use the example of these great men from the past to improve his or her own conduct. This book offers the first full-scale commentary on the Life of Alcibiades. It examines how Plutarch's biography of one of classical Athens' most controversial politicians functions within the moral programme of the Parallel Lives. Built upon the narratological distinction between story an.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (499 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9789461660091

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