Plutarch / Robert Lamberton ; foreword by John Herington.
Plutarch / Robert Lamberton ; foreword by John Herington.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.
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N938.007/2
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English
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Physical content
xx, 218 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
69. A bloodthirsty tale -- 70. Rip Van Winkle -- 71. The raven and the moon -- 72. Sir Patrick Spens -- 73. The saltcellar -- 74. The bronze cauldron -- 75. The battle of the drums -- 76. Cupid and Psych -- 77. Doctor Faust -- 78. Alone -- 79. The golden vanity -- 80. The founding of London -- 81. T...
Foreword / John Herington -- 1. Plutarch's Present -- Plutarch in Context -- The Internal Autobiography -- The Reader, the Writer, and His Books -- Plutarch the Thinker -- Plutarch the Educator -- Plutarch the Priest at Delphi -- 2. Plutarch's Past -- The Project of the Parallel Lives -- The Lives a...
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.
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Connecticut
Date Published
c2001.
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Lamberton also explores the connection between biography and historiography and shows how Plutarch's parallel biographies served the continuing process of cultural accommodation between Greeks and Romans in the Roman Empire. He concludes by discussing Plutarch's influence and reputation through the ages.
Written around the year 100, Plutarch's Lives have shaped perceptions of the accomplishments of the ancient Greeks and Romans for nearly two thousand years. This engaging and stimulating book introduces both general readers and students to Plutarch's own life and work. Robert Lamberton sketches the cultural context in which Plutarch worked - Greece...
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Plutarch / Robert Lamberton ; foreword by John Herington.
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Hermes books.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2001.
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N938.007/2
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74VvblbKyqvO
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ISBN
0300088116(pbk.) :
9780300088106 (alk. paper)
0300088108 (alk. paper)
9780300088113 (pbk.)
0300088116 (pbk.)
9780300088106
0300088108
9780300088106(cased) :
0300088108(cased) :
9780300088113(pbk.) :
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938.007202
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991015005059702626
