The passionate statesman : Eros and politics in Plutarch's Lives / Jeffrey Beneker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beneker, Jeffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plutarch--Criticism and interpretation.

Plutarch.

Plutarch. Lives.

Statesmen.

Greece--Biography--History and criticism.

Greece.

Rome--Biography--History and criticism.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'The Passionate Statesman' explores the intersection of passion and politics in Plutarch's 'Lives', with special emphasis on how he represents the influence of erotic desire, on the careers of some of the most prominent statesmen from Greco-Roman antiquity.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Editions and Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. ErÅ?s and Marriage""; ""The Parts of the Soul""; ""Philia and Marriage""; ""ErÅ?s, Philia, and Marriage""; ""Brutus and Porcia""; ""Perides and Aspasia""; ""Idealism and Realism""; ""2. Moral Virtue, ErÅ?s, and History""; ""Historical-Ethical Reconstruction in the Lives""; ""Moral Virtue in the Pelopidasâ€?Marcellus""; ""Dion, Dionysius, and Platoâ€?s Tyrannical Man""; ""3. ErÅ?s and Ambition in the Alexanderâ€?Caesar""; ""Building an Empire: Alexanderâ€?s SÅ?phrosynÄ? and Ambition""

""Xenophonâ€?s Cyrus and Plutarchâ€?s Alexander""""ErÅ?s in the Alexander""; ""Thymos, Ambition, and SÅ?phrosynÄ?""; ""ErÅ?s and Ambition in the Caesar""; ""Limits to ErÅ?s and Ambition""; ""4. ErÅ?s and the Fall of Mark Antony""; ""ErÅ?s in the Demetrius""; ""Antonyâ€?s Women""; ""The Early Years""; ""Fulvia""; ""Fulvia and Cleopatra""; ""Octavia and Cleopatra""; ""Cleopatra""; ""5. ErÅ?s and the Statesman""; ""SÅ?phrosynÄ? in Xenophon and Plutarch""; ""ErÅ?s in the Agesilausâ€?Pompey""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index Locorum""; ""A""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""H""

""L""""P""; ""Q""; ""S""; ""V""; ""X""; ""Index of Greek Words""; ""Index of Names""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""; ""Index of Topics""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 9, 2012).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-68574-3

9786613662682

0-19-162636-8

OCLC:

922971068