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Informationen zum Autor Mark Beck is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of South Carolina, where he teaches courses on Greek and Roman authors and classical civilization courses. He has published numerous articles and chapters on Plutarch and is the author of the forthcoming book, Understanding Classics: Plutarch (2012). Klappentext A Companion to Plutarch offers a broad survey of the famous historian and biographer; a coherent, comprehensive, and elegant presentation of Plutarch's thought and influence* Constitutes the first survey of its kind, a unified and accessible guide that offers a comprehensive discussion of all major aspects of Plutarch's oeuvre* Provides essential background information on Plutarch's world, including his own circle of influential friends (Greek and Roman), his travels, his political activity, and his relations with Trajan and other emperors* Offers contextualizing background, the literary and cultural details that shed light on some of the fundamental aspects of Plutarch's thought* Surveys the ideologically crucial reception of the Greek Classical Period in Plutarch's writings* Follows the currents of recent serious scholarship, discussing perennial interests, and delving into topics and works not formerly given serious attention Zusammenfassung Offers a survey of the famous historian and biographer Plutarch. This title presents a comprehensive discussion of major aspects of Plutarch's oeuvre. It provides essential background information on Plutarch's world, including his own circle of influential friends (Greek and Roman), his travels, his political activity, and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors x Acknowledgments xvii Note on the Translations and Abbreviations xviii Introduction: Plutarch in Greece 1 Mark Beck Part I Plutarch in Context 11 1 Plutarch and Rome 13 Philip A. Stadter 2 Plutarch and the Second Sophistic 32 Thomas A. Schmitz 3 The Role of Philosophy and Philosophers in the Imperial Period 43 Michael Trapp Part II Plutarch's Moralia 59 4 Plutarch and Platonism 61 John Dillon 5 Plutarch, Aristotle, and the Peripatetics 73 Francesco Becchi (translated by Pia Bertucci) 6 Plutarch and the Stoics 88 Jan Opsomer 7 Plutarch and Epicureanism 104 Eleni Kechagia-Ovseiko 8 Plutarch and the Skeptics 121 Mauro Bonazzi (translated by Pia Bertucci) 9 Practical Ethics 135 Lieve Van Hoof 10 Political Philosophy 149 Christopher Pelling 11 Religion and Myth 163 Rainer Hirsch-Luipold (translated by Mark Beck) 12 Poetry and Education 177 Ewen Bowie 13 Love and Marriage 191 Georgia Tsouvala 14 The Sympotic Works 207 Frieda Klotz 15 Animals in Plutarch 223 Stephen T. Newmyer 16 Plutarch the Antiquarian 235 Pascal Payen (translated by Cara Welch) Part III Plutarch's Biographical Projects 249 17 The Lives of the Caesars 251 Aristoula Georgiadou 18 Plutarch's Galba and Otho 267 Lukas de Blois 19 The Aratus and the Artaxerxes 278 Eran Almagor 20 The Project of the Parallel Lives: Plutarch's Conception of Biography 292 Joseph Geiger 21 Kratein onomatôn: Language and Value in Plutarch 304 Alexei V. Zadorojnyi 22 Compositional Methods in the Lives 321 Luc Van der Stockt 23 The Prologues 333 Timothy E. Duff 24 Morality, Characterization, and Individuality 350 Anastasios G. Nikolaidis 25 Childhood and Youth 373 Carmen Soares (translated by Camila Alvahydo) 26 Death and Other Kinds of Closur...
