Essays on Plutarch's Lives

ISBN-13: 9780198140764 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 416 str.

Barbara Scardigli;Scardigili

Opis

This volume brings together the work of a wide range of international scholars on the most important themes in Plutarch's Greek and Roman Lives The essays include contributions on Plutarch's life and cultural milieu; his methodology; the chronological order of composition and the cross-references from one Life to another; the possibility that several biographies were edited simultaneously; the methods Plutarch adopted to summarize his own reading and research; the choice of subjects and of sources; his compositional techniques; and the criteria for selecting the Greek and Roman pairs.

Recenzje

This collection brings together into one volume some of the most important works in English on Plutarch's Lives from the last three decades. The decision to publish this book must be applauded: it brings together in one place articles which were previously scattered. The index locorum will prove particularly useful.