Overview
Plutarch's Parallel Lives were written to compare famous Greeks and Romans. This most obvious aspect of their parallelism is frequently ignored in the drive to mine Plutarch for historical fact. However, the eleven contributors to the present volume, who include most of the world's leading commentators on Plutarch, together bring out many ways in which Plutarch invoked aspects of parallelism. They show how pervasive and how central the whole notion was to his thinking. With new analysis of the synkriseis; with discussion of parallels within and across the Lives and in the Moralia; with an examination of why the basic parallel structure of the Lives lost its importance in the Renaissance, this volume presents fresh ideas on a neglected topic crucial to Plutarch's literary creation.
Full Product Details
Author: Noreen Humble
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales
Imprint: Classical Press of Wales
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.664kg
ISBN: 9781905125418
ISBN 10: 1905125410
Pages: 282
Publication Date: 11 November 2010
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"...the editor has done a wonderful job of organizing papers for the collection, and the authors must be collectively congratulated for the diversity and success of their efforts in addressing Plutarchan parallelism. The essays are all highly relevant and provocative, while offering fresh insights into fundamental issues in Plutarchan studies.'--Michael Nerdahl""Bryn Mawr Classical Review"" (01/01/0001)"
...the editor has done a wonderful job of organizing papers for the collection, and the authors must be collectively congratulated for the diversity and success of their efforts in addressing Plutarchan parallelism. The essays are all highly relevant and provocative, while offering fresh insights into fundamental issues in Plutarchan studies.'--Michael Nerdahl Bryn Mawr Classical Review (01/01/0001)
...the editor has done a wonderful job of organizing papers for the collection, and the authors must be collectively congratulated for the diversity and success of their efforts in addressing Plutarchan parallelism. The essays are all highly relevant and provocative, while offering fresh insights into fundamental issues in Plutarchan studies.'--Michael Nerdahl""Bryn Mawr Classical Review"" (01/01/0001)
Author Information
Noreen Humble is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Calgary. She is the author of Xenophon of Athens: A Socratic on Sparta (2021). She has also published numerous articles on Xenophon, Plutarch and their reception.
