Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 183 p)
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Ausgabe:
2nd ed foreword and bibliography by Judith Mossman
Ausgabe:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2014 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Ausgabe:
Also issued in print
ISBN:
9781472540027
Serie:
Bristol Classical paperbacks
Inhalt:
"Plutarch's Lives and Morals are among the formative books of western civilisation, Written around AD 100, in Greece under Roman rule, they reflect conditions of that time: not only the political limitations, but - more importantly - the rich inheritance of post-classical as well as classical Greek thinking. Russell sets out to explain what it is like to read Plutarch and what one needs to bear in mind in order to read him with understanding and appreciation. Plutarch is seen in his historical context, his language and style, as a scholar of the past, as philosopher and moralist. The Lives are then discussed with specific examples in more detail - Alcibiades and some of the main generals of the late Roman republic; in the final chapter Russell examines the reception of Plutarch down to the time of North's translation and Shakespeare's reliance on it. Each chapter is generously laced with quotation (in translation), so that the student and general reader get a feeling for Plutarch's work."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also issued in print.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781853996207
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781853996207
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.5040/9781472540027
Mehr zum Autor:
Russell, D. A. 1920-2020
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