Ancient Greek Literature - Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography - Literary Criticism, Ancient Roman Literature - Literary Criticism, General & Miscellaneous Ancient Roman History, Ancient History - Historiography, General & Miscellaneous Ancient
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Overview
Plutarch was indisputably one of the most prominent of the philosophers and biographers of the ancient world. The papers in this book analyze Plutarch's two methods of reshaping the historical tradition: through biographical technique and the appropriation of sources.The essays examine a wide spectrum of lives from different historical periods of Greece and Rome among them: Pericles, Alcibiades, Nicias, Lysander, Eumenes, Pyrrhus, Publicola, Sertorius and Antony.
Book Details
Published
April 30, 1992
Publisher
Routledge
Pages
196
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780415070072