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Plutarch and the historical tradition / edited by Philip A. Stadter.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plutarch. Lives.
- Plutarch.
- Biography as a literary form.
- Greece--Biography--History and criticism.
- Greece.
- Rome--Biography--History and criticism.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- Plutarch--Knowledge and learning--History.
- History.
- Greece--Historiography.
- Historiography.
- Rome--Historiography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 187 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
- Summary:
- selecting, combining, simplifying, enlarging, or drastically abridging, is also considered. It emerges that Plutarch frequently rewrote his sources, whether single authors (Thucydides, Sallust) or complex traditions, to create a unified character, and to relate his hero's life to that of the parallel hero in the pair. The construction of a Plutarchan life, these essays demonstrate, required collective discrimination and radical and creative reconstruction of the historical tradition. "Plutarch and the Historical Tradition" will be valuable to all interested in ancient history and biography. Full documentation, a bibliography, and an index, make it especially useful for students and scholars.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0415070074
- OCLC:
- 24067059
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