The Unity of Plutarch's Work: 'Moralia' Themes in the 'Lives', Features of the 'Lives' in the 'Moralia'

Frontmatter\n......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
Preface\n......Page 6
Introduction......Page 14
1. The Formation of Plutarch\'s Corpus\n......Page 20
Synopsis......Page 22
Lives and Moralia: How Were Put Asunder. What Plutarch Hath Joined Together......Page 24
2. Plutarch\'s Methods of Work\n......Page 32
Synopsis......Page 34
2a: How Plutarch deals with other genres\n......Page 36
On the Problematic Classification of Some Rhetorical Elements in Plutarch......Page 42
La reutilización de citas de epigramas: una manifestación del diálogo intratextual en el corpus plutarqueo......Page 52
Notes and Anecdotes: Observations on Cross-Genre Apophthegmata......Page 72
The Moral Interplay. Between Plutarch’s Political Precepts and Life of Demosthenes......Page 86
Grecs, Macédoniens et Romains au « test » d’Homère. Référence homérique et hellénisme chez Plutarque......Page 104
Moralia in the Lives: Tragedy and Theatrical Imagery in Plutarch’s Pompey......Page 130
Scholarship and Morality: Plutarch’s Use of Inscriptions......Page 144
2b: Other authorial techniques\n......Page 158
Plutarch’s Habits of Citation: Aspects of Difference......Page 162
Why Does Plutarch’s Apollo Have Many Faces?......Page 178
Plutarch’s Quaestiones Romanae and his Lives of Early Romans......Page 190
How Lives Begin......Page 206
Plutarco compositor de Vitae y Moralia: análisis intratextual......Page 228
Plutarch’s Heroes in the Moralia: a Matter of Variatio or Another (More Genuine) Outlook?......Page 238
3. Moralia in Vitis\n......Page 252
Synopsis......Page 254
Setting a Good Exemplum. Case Studies in the Moralia, the Lives as Case Studies......Page 256
Sempre in bilico tra vizi e virtù......Page 274
Moralia in the Lives: The Charge of Rashness in Pelopidas/Marcellus......Page 282
Is Plutarch’s Nicias Devout, Superstitious, or Both?......Page 296
Self-esteem and Image-building. On Anger in De cohibenda ira and in Some Lives......Page 304
Genres and Their Implications: Meddlesomeness in On Curiosity versus the Lives......Page 316
4. Plutarch and Politics\n......Page 330
Synopsis......Page 332
The Ideal Statesman: A Commonplace in Plutarch’s Political Treatises, His Solon, and His Lycurgus......Page 336
Two Roads to Politics. Plutarch on the Statesman’s Entry in Political Life......Page 344
The Education of Rulers in Theory (Mor.) and Practice (Vitae)......Page 358
Dion and Brutus: Philosopher Kings Adrift in a Hostile World......Page 370
Eunoia bei Plutarch: von den Praecepta Gerendae Reipublicae zu den Viten......Page 384
Struggling with the Plêthos: Politics and Military Leadership in Plutarch’s Life of Lucullus......Page 406
Greek Lawgivers in Plutarch: A comparison Between the Biographical Lycurgus and the Rhetorical Alexander......Page 422
5. Plutarch and Philosophy\n......Page 442
Synopsis......Page 444
Plutarch’s Life of Lycurgus and the Philosophical Use of Discourse......Page 448
Boethus and Cassius: Two Epicureans in Plutarch......Page 464
« Fania di Lesbo, un filosofo e assai esperto di ricerca storica » (Plut., Them., 13, 5). Plutarco e i rapporti tra biografia, storia e filosofia etica......Page 480
Plutarch and the Character of the Sapiens......Page 500
Plutarch on Solon and Sophia......Page 508
El Banquete de los Siete Sabios y la Vida de Solón de Plutarco : mito político y contexto literario......Page 520
Las Vidas frente a los Moralia en las alusiones plutarqueas sobre Solón......Page 534
6. Literary Aspects of Plutarch\'s Œuvre......Page 552
Synopsis......Page 554
Parallel Narratives: the Liberation of Thebes in De Genio Socratis and in Pelopidas......Page 558
Standing in the Shadows: Plutarch and the Emperors in the Lives and Moralia......Page 576
Plutarque et la scène du banquet......Page 596
El trofeo de Maratón: Adaptación y desarrollo de un tópico ético en Plutarco......Page 610
Recursos humorísticos en la obra de Plutarco......Page 620
Some Notes on Grammarians in Plutarch......Page 630
La dinastía de los Ptolomeos en Plutarco: etopeya de los personajes......Page 644
Plutarco y la elegía helenística......Page 656
Plutarch and the Music......Page 670
7. Women, Eros, Marriage, and Parenthood in Plutarch\n......Page 676
Synopsis......Page 678
Donne, cultura e società nelle Vite Parallele di Plutarco......Page 682
El prototipo de mujer espartana en Plutarco......Page 698
Plutarch on the Role of Eros in a Marriage......Page 708
Integrating Marriage and Homonoia......Page 720
Parent-Child Affection and Social Relationships in Plutarch: Common Elements in Consolatio ad uxorem and Vitae......Page 738
8. Plutarch in his Epistemological and Socio-Historical Context\n......Page 748
Synopsis......Page 750
Les digressions scientifiques dans les Vies de Plutarque......Page 752
Pharmakon en Plutarco......Page 770
Deformity (anapêria): Plutarch’s Views of Reproduction and Imperfect Generation in the Moralia and Lives......Page 792
Due testi a confronto: De Iside 352F–353E – Quaestio convivalis VIII, 8 728C–730F.......Page 804
Plutarch in Crete......Page 810
Plutarco (Cim. 13, 4) y las islas Quelidonias......Page 824
El judaísmo en las Vitae y Moralia de Plutarco......Page 834
List of Contributors\n......Page 850
A Selective Index of Keywords and Topics\n......Page 852
Index of Ancient Authors\n......Page 864
A Partial Index of Proper Names\n......Page 868