The lash of ambition : Plutarch, imperial Greek literature and the dynamics of Philotimia / edited by G. Roskam, M. De Pourcq, L. Van der Stockt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roskam, Geert, editor.

Pourcq, Maarten de, 1979- editor.

Stockt, L. Van der, editor.

Series:

Collection d'études classiques ; 25.

Collection d'Études Classiques ; volume 25

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Plutarch--Criticism and interpretation.

Plutarch.

Second Sophistic movement.

Ambition in literature.

Honor in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Greece--History--To 146 B.C.

Greece.

History.

Physical Description:

324 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Louvain ; Namur ; Paris ; Walpole, MA : Peeters : Société des Études Classiques, 2012.

Language Note:

In English; occasional phrases in Ancient Greek with English translations.

Summary:

In this volume, various aspects of Plutarch's view of 'philotimia' are analysed in detail and compared with the position of several authors of the 'Second Sophistic'. This confrontation challenges the often implicit and unquestioned consensus that Plutarch occupies as a singular figure 'his own space' apart from the 'Second Sophistic'. The broad approach and focus of this volume includes problems of textual criticism, comparative analysis, careful semantic studies of the occurrences of the term 'philotimia' in the different authors, moral-philosophical reflection on ambition, a study of philosophy as a field of honour, and the dynamics of the author's own 'philotimia' placed in the contemporary cultural context. The novel assessments of the different authors that are presented in this collection contribute to a proper understanding of their own (rhetorical/philosophical) culture and of their cultural environment. As a result, the monograph will be of interest to those studying Plutarch and the history of philosophy, rhetoric and the 'Second Sophistic'.

Contents:

'Always to excel'! Some observations and reflections on filotimi/a in Greek literature and culture / M. DePourcq, G. Roskam

Plou/tarxos sumfilotimoumenos / H.G. Ingenkamp

Aspects of Plutarch's notion of Philotimia / A.G. Nikolaidis

Plutarch on Toman Philotimia / C. Pelling

Sophistic Philotimia in Plutarch / T.A. Schmitz

The philosopher's ambition : Plutarch, Arrian, and Marcus Aurelius / P.A. Stadter

Bryson's Manadement of the estate : control of ambition in a first-century book of rules / S. Swain

Dio Chrysoston and the value of prestige / M. Trapp

Is Philotimia and Greekness in Lucian / J. Mossman

For love of an honourable name : prototypical philosophy and philosophers in Maximus of Tyre / J. Lauwers, G. Roskam

Rivalry and envy, rehabilitation and self-promotion : Philotimia in Flavius Philostratus / K. Demoen

The Philotimia of Aristides / E.L. Bowie

Conversing with posterity : Hermogenes, Aristides and Sophistic filotimi/a / M. Korenjak.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-283) and index.

ISBN:

9789042925397

9042925396

9782758401353

2758401355

OCLC:

779881588

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