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Author:   Judith Mossman
Publisher:   Classical Press of Wales
Imprint:   Classical Press of Wales
Weight:   0.448kg
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9781914535420

ISBN 10:   1914535421
Pages:   249
Publication Date:   11 July 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction 1. Hadrian, Favorinus, and Plutarch - Ewen Bowie 2. Favorinus Versus Epictetus on the Philosophical Heritage of Plutarch: A Debate on Epistemology - Jan Opsomer 3. Thyrsus-Bearer of the Academy or Enthusiast for Plato? Plutarch’s de Stoicorum Repugnantiis - George Boys-Stones 4. Family and the Formation of Character in Plutarch - Francesca Albini 5. From Olympias to Aretaphila: Women in Politics in Plutarch - Karin Blomqvist 6. Plutarch, Amatorius 13–18 - Donald Russell 7. Health and Politics in Plutarch’s De Tuenda Sanitate Praecepta - Luigi Senzasono 8. Plutarch’s Dinner of the Seven Wise Men and Its Place in Symposiom Literature - Judith Mossman 9. Plutarch, Brutus and Brutus’ Greek and Latin Letters - John Moles 10. Moral Ambiguity in Plutarch’s Lysander–Sulla - Tim Duff 11. Severed Heads: Individual Portraits and Irrational Forces in Plutarch’s Galba and Otho - Rhiannon Ash 12. Plutarch on Caesar’s Fall - Christopher Pelling 13. Plutarch and the End of History - John Dillon Index of Passages General Index

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Judith Mossman, the editor of this volume, convened the conference of the Internation Plutarch Society in Dublin in 1994. She is also the author of Wild Justice: A study of Euripides' Hecuba (OUP, 1995).

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