An Opaque Mirror for Trajan

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

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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

Plutarch and his Contemporaries
Title Plutarch and his Contemporaries PDF eBook
Author
Publisher BRILL
Pages 511
Release 2024-02-26
Genre History
ISBN 9004687300

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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

Herom
Title Herom PDF eBook
Author Jeroen Poblome
Publisher Herom
Pages 0
Release 2013-03-15
Genre History
ISBN 9789058679284

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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

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

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Aristotle's Zoology and Its Renaissance Commentators, 1521-1601

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

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National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge

National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge
Title National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 1034
Release 1853
Genre Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN

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Seneca's "Hercules furens"

Seneca's
Title Seneca's "Hercules furens" PDF eBook
Author Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Publisher Cornell University Press
Pages 502
Release 1987
Genre Drama
ISBN 9780801418761

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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.