An Opaque Mirror for Trajan
Title | An Opaque Mirror for Trajan PDF eBook |
Author | Laurens van der Wiel |
Publisher | Leuven University Press |
Pages | 522 |
Release | 2024-01-19 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9462703906 |
Plutarch’s Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata (Sayings of Kings and Commanders) holds a peculiar position in his oeuvre. This collection of almost 500 anecdotes of barbarian, Greek, and Roman rulers and generals is introduced by a dedicatory letter to Trajan as a summary of the author’s well-known and widely read Parallel Lives. The work is therefore Plutarch’s only text that explicitly addresses a Roman emperor and is likely to shed light on his biographical technique. Yet the collection has been understudied, because its authenticity has been generally rejected since the nineteenth century. Recent scholarship defends Plutarch's authorship of the text, but some remain sceptical. This book restores its reputation and provides a first full literary analysis of the letter and collection as a genuine work of Plutarch, wherein he attempts to educate his ruler by means of great role models of the past. Plutarch’s thinking about the function of role models (exempla) is not only relevant for Plutarchan research, but also for our knowledge of exemplarity, a key feature both in Greek and Latin literature in the early imperial period in general. Therefore An Opaque Mirror for Trajan is also of interest for literary and historical scholars who study the broader context of ancient literature of the first centuries CE.
Plutarch and his Contemporaries
Title | Plutarch and his Contemporaries PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 511 |
Release | 2024-02-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004687300 |
The volume puts into the spotlight overlaps and points of intersection between Plutarch and other writers of the imperial period. It contains twenty-eight contributions which adopt a comparative approach and put into sharper relief ongoing debates and shared concerns, revealing a complex topography of rearrangements and transfigurations of inherited topics, motifs, and ideas. Reading Plutarch alongside his contemporaries brings out distinctive features of his thought and uncovers peculiarities in his use of literary and rhetorical strategies, imagery, and philosophical concepts, thereby contributing to a better understanding of the empire’s culture in general, and Plutarch in particular.
Herom
Title | Herom PDF eBook |
Author | Jeroen Poblome |
Publisher | Herom |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013-03-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9789058679284 |
HEROM is a peer-reviewed online journal presenting innovative contributions to the study of material culture produced, exchanged, and consumed within the spheres of the Hellenistic kingdoms and the Roman world from the late fourth century BC to the seventh century AD. The journal publishes papers in the full range of the scholarly field and in all relevant academic disciplines within the arts, humanities, social sciences, and environmental sciences. HEROM creates a bridge between material culture specialists and the wider scientific community, with an interest in how humans interacted with and regarded artefacts. For a full table of contents, visit www.herom.be.
The Anniversary Calendar, Natal Book, and Universal Mirror
Title | The Anniversary Calendar, Natal Book, and Universal Mirror PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | London : [s.n.] |
Pages | 532 |
Release | 1832 |
Genre | Almanacs, English |
ISBN |
Aristotle's Zoology and Its Renaissance Commentators, 1521-1601
Title | Aristotle's Zoology and Its Renaissance Commentators, 1521-1601 PDF eBook |
Author | Stefano Perfetti |
Publisher | Leuven University Press |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9789058670502 |
National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge
Title | National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1034 |
Release | 1853 |
Genre | Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
ISBN |
Seneca's "Hercules furens"
Title | Seneca's "Hercules furens" PDF eBook |
Author | Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 502 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780801418761 |
John G. Fitch's new Latin text of Seneca's play, Hercules Furens, is based on a collation of the chief manuscripts, including the Paris manuscript T.