The statesman in Plutarch's Greek and Roman lives / / edited by Lukas de Blois ... [et al.].

• Superior document: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 250
• Author: International Plutarch Society. International Congress
• TeilnehmendeR: Blois, Lukas de.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English; Italian
• Series: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 250.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (415 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; INTRODUCTION /; PLUTARCH AND THE PEOPLE IN THE PARALLEL LIVES /; DAS POLITISCHE UND DER EINZELNE: FIGURENKONSTRUKTION IN BIOGRAPHIE UND GESCHICHTSSCHREIBUNG /; STATESMAN AND SELF IN THE PARALLEL LIVES /; PLUTARCH THE DRAMATURG: STATECRAFT AS STAGECRAFT IN THE LIVES /; O SWEET MYSTERY OF THE LIVES! THE ESCHATOLOGICAL DIMENSION OF PLUTARCH’S BIOGRAPHIES /; MORE PHILOSOPHICO: POLITICAL VIRTUE AND PHILOSOPHY IN PLUTARCH’S LIVES /; “STABBED WITH LARGE PENS”: TRAJECTORIES OF LITERACY IN PLUTARCH’S LIVES /; SINGOLARE E PLURALE NELLE VITE GRECHE DI PLUTARCO /; THE FIRST FIVE ANECDOTES OF PLUTARCH’S LIFE OF ALKIBIADES /; DE GLORIA ALCIBIADIS. ALCIBIADES’ MILITARY VALUE AND ITS RELATION TO HIS DOXA IN PLUTARCH’S ALCIBIADES /; RETÓRICA VISUAL Y CARÁCTER POLÍTICO, ALC. 10: UN MODELO NEGATIVO DE ENARGEIA /; FONTI SOCRATICHE E STOICHE NELLA VITA ALCIBIADIS /; GLI ONORI DIVINI PER LISANDRO A SAMO. A PROPOSITO DI PLUTARCHUS, LYSANDER 18 /; TIMOLEON, THE FORTUNATE GENERAL /; PLUTARCH’S LIFE OF AGIS, OR THE HONOURABLE COURSE OF A BEGINNING POLITICIAN /; IS NUMA THE GENUINE PHILOSOPHER KING? /; PLUTARCH AND THE “LIBERATION OF GREECE” /; PLUTARCH’S AEMILIUS PAULLUS AND THE MODEL OF THE PHILOSOPHER STATESMAN /; THE DECLINE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC IN PYRRHUS-MARIUS /; SULLA THE WARLORD AND OTHER MYTHICAL BEASTS /; HELLENISM AND TRYPHÊ IN PLUTARCH’S LIFE OF LUCULLUS /; THEMATIC CORRESPONDENCES IN PLUTARCH’S LIVES OF CAESAR, POMPEY, AND CRASSUS /; ATHENS HONORS POMPEY THE GREAT /; MATRIMONIOS POLÍTICOS EN ROMA /; I SOGGETTI POLITICI E I CONFLITTI CIVILI DEL 68/69 D.C. IN PLUTARCO /; BIBLIOGRAPHY /; GENERAL INDEX /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1280859504; 9786610859504; 1429426977; 9047405196; 1433705605
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Lukas de Blois ... [et al.].

This volume presents the second half of the proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the International Plutarch Society (2002). The selected papers are divided by theme in sections concentrating on statesmen and statesmanship in Plutarch's Greek and Roman Lives . The volume bears witness to the ongoing, wide-ranging interest in Plutarch's biographies.