A Versatile Gentleman: Consistency in Plutarch's Writing (Plutarchea Hypomnemata) - Tapa dura

 
9789462700765: A Versatile Gentleman: Consistency in Plutarch's Writing (Plutarchea Hypomnemata)
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ISBN 10: 9462700761 ISBN 13: 9789462700765
Editorial: Leuven University Press, 2016

Sinopsis

Plutarch was a brilliant Platonist, an erudite historian, a gifted author of highly polished literary dialogues, a priest of Apollo at Delphi, and a devoted politician in his hometown Chaeronea. He felt confident in the most technical and specialized discussions, yet was not afraid of rhetorical generalizations. In his voluminous oeuvre, he appears as a sharp polemicist and a loving father, an ardent pupil but also a kind, inspiring teacher, a sober historian and a teller of wondrous tales. In view of all these different personae, erudite versatility is without any doubt a major characteristic of Plutarch's works. A Versatile Gentleman is dedicated to Luc Van der Stockt, professor emeritus of Greek language and literature at KU Leuven and a truly versatile gentleman. The volume aims to do justice to his and Plutarch's versatility by discussing the Chaeronean from many different angles. As such, it sheds new light on the coherence of, and the tensions in, Plutarch's thinking and writing.

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Acerca del autor

Jan Opsomer is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Leuven. Geert Roskam is Professor of Greek language and literature at KU Leuven.

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Plutarch was a brilliant Platonist, an erudite historian, a gifted author of highly polished literary dialogues, a priest of Apollo at Delphi, and a devoted politician in his hometown Chaeronea. He felt confident in the most technical and specialized discussions, yet was not afraid of rhetorical generalizations. In his voluminous oeuvre, he appears as a sharp polemicist and a loving father, an ardent pupil but also a kind, inspiring teacher, a sober historian and a teller of wondrous tales. In view of all these different personae, erudite versatility is without any doubt a major characteristic of Plutarch’s works. A Versatile Gentleman is dedicated to Luc Van der Stockt, professor emeritus of Greek language and literature at KU Leuven and a truly versatile gentleman. The volume aims to do justice to his and Plutarch’s versatility by discussing the Chaeronean from many different angles. As such, it sheds new light on the coherence of, and the tensions in, Plutarch’s thinking and writing.

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Editorial
Leuven University Press
Año de publicación
2016
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
9462700761
ISBN 13 
9789462700765
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
312
Editor
Opsomer Jan, Roskam Geert, Titchener Frances B.
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