A life devoted to Plutarch : philology, philosophy, and reception / edited by Serena Citro, Fabio Tanga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Volpe Cacciatore, Paola, author.

Contributor:

Citro, Serena, editor.

Tanga, Fabio, editor.

Pérez Jiménez, Aurelio, writer of introduction.

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Brill's Plutarch studies ; v. 8.

Brill's plutarch studies, 2451-8328 ; volume 8

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Plutarch--Criticism and interpretation.

Plutarch.

Plutarch--Influence.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction / Aurelio Pérez Jiménez

Part I. Plutarch's fragments. Plutarch's fr. 24 Sandbach; For the understanding of a lost text; "Whatever your destiny, to work is best" : Plutarch, fr. 44 Sandbach; Plutarch and the Commentary on Phaenomena of Aratus; The metabolē of the soul (Frags. 177-178 Sandbach)

Part 2. Quaestiones convivales. Plutarch, Quaest. conv. 4.6: an example of religious syncretism; "Cicalata sul fascino volgarmente detto jettatura" : Plutarch, Quaest. conv. 5.7; Plutarchus in Plutarcho: De primo frigido and Quaest. conv. 6.4-5; Quaest. conv. 6.8 on bulimia : Plutarch's explanation for a current problem

Part 3. Religion & philosophy. Plutarch's dikaiosynē in the writings against the Stoics; Is the god of the Stoics a philanthropist?; Fate and luck in Plutarch's works against the Stoics : an unresolved issue; The justice of the sage : polemic of Plutarch against the Stoics; Plutarch's De Iside et Osiride : a reconciliation between religion and myth

Part 4. Plutarch's reception from humanism to modern age. Reflections on the translation of De liberis educandis by Guarino Guarini; The Latin translation of De genio Socratis by Naogeorgus; Poetic quotations in humanistic translatinos of De liberis educandis; "What is the best music, ancient or modern?:" Pietro Metastasio and De musica.

Notes:

English version of studies originally written and published in Italian.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 03, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Volpe Cacciatore, Paola. Life devoted to Plutarch

ISBN:

9789004448469

9004448462

Publisher Number:

40030797826

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