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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; Volume 43
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Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; Volume 43.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Sources and Abbreviations; List of Tables; Introduction; Part 1 Training the Politikos under Rome; Chapter 1 Plutarch and His Audience; 1.1 Plutarch's Concept of the Politikos; 1.2 Plutarch's Audience as Politikoi; 1.3 Political Careers Open to the Educated Elite; 1.4 Conclusion: Implications for Interpreting the Parallel Lives; Chapter 2 Pragmatic Literature for Statesmen and Generals; 2.1 Advice Literature; 2.2 Pragmatic History; 2.3 Individual Lives of Statesmen and Generals: Nepos and Plutarch |
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2.4 Conclusion: Implications for the Purpose of the Parallel LivesChapter 3 Didactic Agenda of the Parallel Lives: Insights from the Prologues and Synkriseis; 3.1 Statesmanship and Generalship in the Prologues; 3.2 Statesmanship in the Synkriseis; 3.3 Techniques for Reinforcing Pragmatic Lessons Across the Parallel Lives; 3.4 Conclusion: Didactic Agenda of the Parallel Lives as Pragmatic Biography; Part 2 Political and Military Leadership; Chapter 4 Pericles-Fabius Maximus; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Life of Pericles; 4.3 Life of Fabius Maximus; 4.4 Insights from the Synkrisis |
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Chapter 5 Coriolanus-Alcibiades5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Life of Coriolanus; 5.3 Life of Alcibiades; 5.4 Insights from the Synkrisis; Chapter 6 Agesilaus-Pompey; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Life of Agesilaus; 6.3 Life of Pompey; 6.4 Insights from the Synkrisis; Part 3 Ruling and Being Ruled; Chapter 7 Aemilius-Timoleon; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Life of Aemilius Paullus; 7.3 Life of Timoleon; 7.4 Insights from the Synkrisis; Chapter 8 Demetrius-Antony; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Life of Demetrius; 8.3 Life of Antony; 8.4 Insights from the Synkrisis; Chapter 9 Phocion-Cato Minor; 9.1 Introduction |
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9.2 Life of Phocion9.3 Life of Cato Minor; 9.4 Insights from Analyzing Differences; Chapter 10 Conclusion; 10.1 Plutarch's Project in the Parallel Lives; 10.2 Applying the Exempla; 10.3 Reception of the Lives as Pragmatic Biography in the Western Classical Tradition; 10.4 "Pragmatic Biography" versus "Explorations of Issues of Virtue and Vice"; Bibliography; Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Plutarch. Lives.
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Lives (Plutarch) |
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Biography as a literary form.
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Biography as a literary form. |
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Greece -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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Greece. |
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Rome -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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Rome (Empire) |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Jacobs, Susan G., editor.
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Print version: Plutarch's pragmatic biographies. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] 9789004276604 (DLC) 2017032459 |
| ISBN |
9004276610 (E-book) |
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9789004276611 (electronic book) |
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9789004276604 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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